LAHORE
The Punjab government has allocated an amount of Rs 220 million for various schemes of Human Rights and Minority Affairs sector in the budget for the fiscal year 2011-12. An amount of Rs 200 million has been allocated for the on-going schemes for minorities while Rs 15 million will be spent on schemes for creating awareness aboutf human rights.
An amount of Rs 5 million has been acllocated for Educational Scholarship to Minority students.
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source: http://www.ftpapp.app.com.pk / Associated Press of Pakistan / Jun 10th, 2011