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PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 769 PLD 2021 Federal Statutes 769 ACT XLVIII OF 2021 AL-KARAM INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE ACT, 2021 An Act to provide for the establishment of the Al-Karam International Institute [Gazette of Pakistan Extraordinary, Part I, 9th December, 2021] No. F. 23(28)/2020-Legis, dated 1.12.2021.---The following Act of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament) received the assent of the President on the 1st December, 2021 is hereby published for general information:- WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the establishment of the Al-Karam International institute in the private sector for promotion of special studies and for matters ancillary thereto; It is hereby enacted as follows:- CHAPTER - II THE INSTITUTE 5. Institute open to all classes, creeds, etc.---(1) Except where the Institute has been declared by notification in the official Gazette to be open only to persons of a specified gender, the Institute shall be open to all persons of either gender and of whatever religion, race, creed, class, colour or domicile and no person shall be denied the privileges of the Institute on the grounds of religion, race, caste, creed, class, colour or domicile. (2) An increase in any fee or charge that is in excess of ten percent per annum on an annualized basis from the last such increase may not be made except in special circumstances and with the approval of the Chancellor. (3) The Institute shall establish financial aid programmes for students in need, to the extent considered feasible by the Senate given the resources available, so as to enable admission and access to the Institute and the various opportunities provided by it to be based on merit rather than ability to pay. (4) The Institute may offer self-finance schemes not covering more than ten percent of the total number of students in any on-campus taught course or research-based programme of study.