USEFP want to help Pakistanis to avail variety of higher education opportunities in  U.S. Executive Director Rita Akhtar
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by;AsgharAli Mubarak 
The USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar in Pakistan said that USEFP want to help Pakistani students, scholars, teachers, and professionals avail a variety of higher education opportunities in  U.S. She said  that USEFP is  a bi-national commission guided by a Board of Directors composed of an equal number of Pakistani and U.S. citizens all working to promote mutual understanding between the people of the two countries through educational and cultural exchange talking with The Daily Mail Islamabad’s  corespondent the USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar  said that we want to help Pakistani students, scholars, teachers, and professionals avail a variety of higher education opportunities in the U.S. The USEFP currently administering 14 academic exchange programs, including the world’s largest Fulbright program. Fulbright, named for its founder the late Senator J. William Fulbright, is the flagship academic exchange program of the U.S. Department of State. With generous funding from United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in 2012, we are  sending   students for  Masters and PhD programs to many of the best universities in the U.S,she added.  The USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar further stated  that  we are sending about 200 undergraduate students for a semester of study in the U.S. on the Global UGRAD Program. The USEFP are proud that all of our programs are merit-based and our selection processes fair and transparent she explained . 
The USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar further stated that students seeking advice and assistance in applying to colleges and universities in the U.S.The USEFP offers free educational advising services in Pakistan . we  would urge anyone considering study abroad to learn more about why the U.S. is a great destination for higher education  .The USEFP Executive Director Rita Akhtar said that we also offer a range of academic exchange opportunities for U.S. scholars interested in visiting Pakistan,The USEFP is by a bi-national commission guided by a Board of Directors composed of an equal number of Pakistani and U.S. citizens all working to promote mutual understanding between the people of the two countries through educational and cultural exchange. we proud to be part of it.