PM Inaugurates New Daanish School Campus in Islamabad

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday officially inaugurated a state-of-the-art Daanish School campus in the federal capital, expanding the flagship educational network aimed at providing free, modern schooling and residential facilities to underprivileged students across the country.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, the prime minister emphasized that educational empowerment remains the cornerstone of sustainable national development.

He highlighted that extending the Daanish School model—originally launched in Punjab to uplift talented youth from low-income families—into Islamabad will help bridge socio-economic divides by offering world-class science laboratories, digital learning platforms, and comprehensive extracurricular activities.

The establishment of the campus comes amid broader federal initiatives to combat Pakistan’s staggering out-of-school children crisis.

Education policy experts have welcomed the capital initiative, noting that increasing public investment in high-standard schooling infrastructure sets a vital benchmark for provincial governments to emulate, particularly in neglected rural regions.

Federal Ministry of Education officials confirmed that work on additional Daanish School campuses in remote districts of Balochistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and Gilgit-Baltistan is progressing rapidly.

The government plans to offer fully funded merit-based scholarships starting in the upcoming academic cycle to ensure equitable access to quality education nationwide.