YES and NO.....

YES If you want to apply for the Commonwealth Scholarship then YES NTS is the only way/method for it..... as the Commonwealth Commission requires each member country of the Commonwealth to nominate candidates for each year's Commonwealth Scholarships.

The method of selection of nominees is the prerogative of each member country. In the case of Pakistan, the Ministry of Inter Provincial Coordination (which is the nominating agency for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in this case) has assigned the task to the NTS to hold a test to determine the order of merit for the purpose of selecting of candidates.

NO, NTS is not the only way in case of scholarships that are NOT the Commonwealth scholarships..... Alternatively, each University does indeed have its own Scholarships that have different cut-off dates for selection/award of scholarships. These can be applied to directly.

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