PEEF Scholarship: Eligibility, Income Limits, and How Punjab Students Apply

The Punjab Educational Endowment Fund (PEEF) is the Government of Punjab’s scholarship body for talented students who need financial support. If you have a Punjab domicile, good marks, and a family income below PEEF’s limit, this is one of the most relevant scholarships to check — but the application route surprises many students: in most streams, you apply through your institution, not by sending a form to PEEF directly.

The essentials, in one paragraph: PEEF scholarships generally require a Punjab domicile, at least 60% marks (or a 2.5 CGPA at Master’s level) in your last exam, full-time admission in the same year you passed that exam, a declared monthly family income of Rs. 60,000 or less (with exemptions for certain categories), and no other scholarship in the same academic year. Special quotas exist for orphans, children of low-grade government employees, minorities, special children, children of martyred civilians, and children of divorced mothers.

Who Can Apply for a PEEF Scholarship?

PEEF runs scholarships at several levels — Intermediate, Graduation, and Master’s — plus special-quota streams. The core eligibility pattern published by PEEF is consistent across its pages:

• Domicile: you must hold the domicile PEEF’s stream requires — for the main Punjab streams, a Punjab domicile.
• Marks: at least 60% marks in your last annual board or university examination (or a minimum CGPA of 2.5 at Master’s level, where CGPA applies).
• Same-year admission: you must have secured admission as a full-time student in the same year you passed that examination, at a recognised institution or a PEEF partner university/degree-awarding institution, depending on the stream.
• Income: your parents’ declared monthly income from all sources must be Rs. 60,000 or less. Two important exemptions apply: children of government employees in BPS 1–4 are exempt from the income condition if salary is the only source of income, and children of civilians martyred in terrorist attacks are also exempt.
• No other scholarship: you must not be availing any other educational scholarship during the same academic year.

Who Is Not Eligible?

PEEF’s published lists are strict on these points, and they catch many applicants out:

• Students who have already passed or hold an MA, MSc, MS, MPhil or higher degree (for Master’s-level streams).
• Marks improvers, students who passed in a supplementary session, and students who passed with grace marks.
• Students already receiving another scholarship, or benefiting from a Prime Minister fee reimbursement scheme, for the same level of study.
• Applications submitted directly to PEEF where the stream requires submission through your institution — PEEF states it will not entertain applications sent directly to its office in those streams.

Special Quota Scholarships

PEEF reserves places for students in difficult circumstances. The special-quota categories published by PEEF are:

• Orphan children
• Children of government servants in BPS 1–4
• Children belonging to a minority religion
• Special children (children with disabilities)
• Children of civilians martyred in terrorist attacks
• Children of divorced mothers

If you fall in one of these categories, mention it clearly in your application with the supporting certificate your institution asks for — and note the income-limit exemptions above, which may apply to you.

How to Apply for a PEEF Scholarship

The route depends on your stream, so follow your institution’s notice first. The typical process is:

1. Check your institution’s notice. Your college or university’s financial aid or scholarship office announces PEEF scholarships, deadlines, and the form for your level.
2. Get the prescribed PEEF application form from your institution or from peef.org.pk, and fill it in completely and honestly.
3. Attach attested copies of your educational certificates, CNIC or B-Form, recent photographs, and any special-quota certificate that applies to you.
4. Submit the form to your institution’s scholarship office — not to PEEF directly, unless your stream’s notice specifically says otherwise.
5. Institutional scrutiny. Your institution checks your application against PEEF’s eligibility criteria and its own merit and need criteria, then forwards shortlisted applications to PEEF.
6. PEEF’s decision. Applications are assessed on need and merit, and successful students are awarded the scholarship through their institution.

PEEF also runs scholarships for students of other provinces, AJK, Gilgit-Baltistan, FATA, and Islamabad through separate allocations, with the same 60% marks and Rs. 60,000 income pattern — if you are not Punjab-domiciled, check PEEF’s “Other Provinces” page rather than assuming the Punjab streams apply to you.

What About the Stipend Amount?

This post deliberately does not state a stipend figure. Third-party websites publish widely different monthly amounts for the same levels, and no stipend figure was confirmed on the official PEEF pages opened for this post. Treat any amount on an unofficial site as unverified: your award letter and your institution are the only reliable sources for what you will actually receive. Never pay anyone who promises to “arrange” a PEEF scholarship — the process runs through institutions and PEEF, and no agent can secure it for you.

FAQs

Can I apply for PEEF directly on peef.org.pk?

In most streams, no. Applications go through your institution, which forwards shortlisted candidates to PEEF. PEEF states it will not entertain applications sent directly to its office in those streams — always follow your institution’s notice.

I passed with 58% marks. Can I still apply?

No, not under the published criteria: PEEF requires at least 60% marks (or 2.5 CGPA at Master’s level) in the qualifying examination.

My father is a government employee in BPS 3. Does the income limit apply to me?

Children of government employees in BPS 1–4 are exempt from the income condition if salary is the only source of income, as published by PEEF. Mention this in your application with the supporting evidence your institution asks for.

I improved my marks in a second attempt. Am I eligible?

No. PEEF lists marks improvers, supplementary-session passes, and grace-marks passes as ineligible.

Related guides: the HEC Need-Based Scholarship guide, our step-by-step guide to university admission in Pakistan, and the PM Youth Programme overview. Official sources: the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund site and PEEF’s page for students from other provinces.

Please note: this is an independent guide, not PEEF itself — always confirm current eligibility, income limits, and deadlines on peef.org.pk and with your institution before applying.