Oxford Pakistan Programme

Addressing the underrepresentation of Pakistani and British Pakistani students at Oxford

Oxford Pakistan Programme

Addressing the underrepresentation of Pakistani and British Pakistani students at Oxford

Oxford Pakistan Programme

Addressing the underrepresentation of Pakistani and British Pakistani students at Oxford

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WHAT IS OPP?

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  • The Oxford Pakistan Programme (the “OPP”) is the first initiative of its kind, in which a concerted attempt is being made to generate momentum on various Pakistan-related activities at the University of Oxford.

  • The OPP has three core objectives:


    1. Address the underrepresentation of Pakistani and British Pakistani students at Oxford;
    2. Address the lack of academic profile of Pakistan, and Pakistan-related areas of interest, among the academic faculty at Oxford; and
    3. Promote the relationship of academic institutions in Pakistan with Oxford in order to develop their global connectivity.

  • 20 Pakistani students every year cannot accept offers from Oxford because they cannot afford it. Only around 12 undergraduate and 45 graduate students attend Oxford every year, despite 60% of Pakistan’s 220 million people being under the age of 30.

  • The OPP is addressing these issues with the following solutions:


    1. Raising private funding to support students and researchers, in the form of scholarships, research grants, a Hardship Fund, a Visiting Students Programme and a Visiting Fellows Programme.
    2. Developing a network of academics and administrators in Oxford, as well as business people, policymakers and professionals around the world, who will collectively work towards addressing these issues.
    3. Building a platform to consolidate and, where necessary, increase, Pakistan-related activity at Oxford.

PROGRAMME OFFERINGS

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LMH-Pakistan Initiative

Scholarships will increase the presence of Pakistanis at Oxford. The recipients will be empowered to play a role in global policy making and raise the profile of Pakistan on the international stage across a wide variety of disciplines

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Liaqat Ali Khan Hardship Fund

To provide support to Pakistani and British Pakistani students studying at LMH who are most in need of financial support to continue their studies.

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Research Grant

To provide support to MPhil and DPhil students of any background who are studying Pakistan or a Pakistan-related topic, with the aim of encouraging the study of Pakistan at Oxford.

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Visiting Student Programme

To accept two students from the Lahore University of Management Sciences each year  to spend a term in Oxford enabling them to complement their undergraduate studies with the rich academic experience of Oxford.

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Sir Allama Iqbal Lectures

To create a permanent event in the Oxford calendar, taking place annually that will bring scholar and policymakers of international repute to Oxford to deliver lectures on the broad themes worked on by Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal

Academic Body

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PAKISTAN AT OXFORD

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Benazir Bhutto

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Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy

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Feroz Khan Noon

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Fazlur Rehman Malik

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Farooq Leghari

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Masood Khadarpoosh

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Muhammad Ali Juhar

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Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal

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Mehdi Syed Qasim

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Wasim Sajjad

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Malala yousafzai

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Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto

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Tariq Ali

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Liaquat Ali khan

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Working Group

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Haroon Zaman

Haroon Zaman is a graduate in Law from the University of Oxford (2019). While at Oxford, he served as President of the Oxford Pakistan Society. He is a trainee lawyer based in London.

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Adeel Malik

Adeel Malik is a development macroeconomist with a strong multi-disciplinary orientation. He completed his doctorate in economics at the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar in 2004, having also been affiliated with the Department of Economics at Oxford (2004-5), Merton College (2002-3), the Centre for International Development at Harvard University (2001) and the Mahbub ul Haq Human Development Centre in Islamabad (1997-9).

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Talha Pirzada

Talha J. Pirzada is currently a lecturer in Material Science at Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is also a post doctorate fellow at Oxford. Talha is a Chartered Aerospace Engineer working on jet engine efficiency. He is also serving as the Research and Technology Manager at Cross Manufacturing Ltd.

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Minahil Saqib

Minahil is a graduate in Biochemistry from Worcester College, Oxford (2019). She served as the Vice President of the Oxford Pakistan Society during her time at Oxford. She is currently working in London in the finance sector.

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Mohsin Javed

Mohsin completed his DPhil in Mathematics from Wolfson College, University of Oxford. He has served as the former treasurer of Oxford University Pakistan Society and currently works in finance.

FUNDING

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PARTNERS

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