PTI has an anti-education agenda: Bilawal

He said that the PTI has refused to significantly raise HEC funding in year’s budget

ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Pakistan Peoples’ Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Tuesday alleged that the agenda of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is anti-education.

The PPP chairman took to the social media website Twitter and said that the ruling party’s consistent assault on Higher Education Commission (HEC) funding is having very real consequences at a time medical universities are at the frontline battling Covid-19.

He said that the PTI has cut HEC funding in last budget and refused to significantly raise funding in this year’s budget.

This means students fees will continue to shoot up & staff salaries will be cut, eventually some universities will be forced to shut. Shame on PTIs anti education agenda. They haven’t even botherd to suppor medical universities & teaching hospitals during a global pandemic. 2/2

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) July 7, 2020

Bilawal went on to say that the cut in the funding of the HEC would lead to the increase in the students’ fees while the staff salaries will be cut and eventually some universities will be forced to shut.

Further lashing out at the PTI, the PPP chairman said that the ruling party should be ashamed on its anti-education agenda, adding that they haven’t even bothered to support medical universities and teaching hospitals during a global pandemic.