No fee from the students is charged. These revolutionary steps have yet to be digested by the common run of the people. They are big measures and these will take time to get absorbed in the national educational system to make their full impact felt. In summers newspapers are full to the brim with advertisements of the private universities. Supplements in the newspapers are far too many. It appears the entire country is celebrating a higher education gala. Contrast the present situation with the situation in 1950 when the country had only one University, the Punjab University. The Government is so keen to see every Pakistani receives the benefits of education that a scheme has been announced which when it is implemented will make every Pakistani get a stipend of Rs10,000 per month if he or she does his M.A. The PhDs never had it so good. Their salaries now range from Rs75,000 to Rs100,000 or more. For doing further research and for writing papers they are given more incentives. The ones who have gone abroad are being called back at fabulous salary packages. Today, a research scholar in Pakistan has unimaginably vast resources. Through Public Research Network he has access to more than 100,000 research journals and other publications. The visibility of foreign universities, mostly British and American Universities has increased manifolds. Their affiliations are publicised spiritedly. Many local universities have arrangements with foreign universities for their students being graded. They are awarded degrees of affiliated universities without having to leave the soil of Pakistan. In spite of all this the passion of Pakistani students to pursue their education in foreign universities is unabated. According to an estimate, this year nearly 12,000 Pakistani students will be studying in British Universities. That is not all, far more students are opting for ‘O’ and ‘A’ Levels examinations, preferring them over Pakistan’s own national system. The preference for ‘O’ and ‘A’ levels is not just a middle class phenomenon. Domestic servants and other menial workers are learning English. For instance, one tuition centre in Karachi alone has 120 chauffeurs, taxi drivers and maidservants who have been sponsored by their employers – multinational and other corporations who need workers who can understand English and converse in it. Besides, the employees get better salaries if they understand English and their chances of finding employments abroad increases.