Socio-economic empowerment and providing dignified jobs to youth govt;s top priority: Rana Mashood

SWAT, Jan 05 (INP):Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan, Chairman, Prime Minister’s Youth Program here Sunday said that socio-economic empowerment and provision of dignified jobs to youth was the top priority of the government, and the PM youth skills development program would open gates of employment for them not only in the country but also abroad.

Addressing a function of youth at Malam Jabba here, Rana Mashhood said that about Rs36 billion projects were approved under the Prime Minister’s youth program with special focus on their vocational, IT and technical education.

He said the students of all provinces of Pakistan would be largely facilitated from this landmark program. After necessary education and IT training, he said these youth would be sent abroad for dignified jobs.

In this regard, Youth Facilitation Centers would be established in all districts in next three months of the country including Khyber Pakthunkhwa, adding each beneficiary would earn about Rs 100,000 per month after passing the six month IT course at their home towns.

Rana Mashhood said that Uraan Pakistan would largely benefit youth of Pakistan and economy to achieve new heights.
He expressed the hope that upcoming 2025 budget would be passed without an assistance of IMF.

The Nawaz Sharif Govt had said good bye to IMF, eradicate terrorism, addressed load shedding and made Pakistan an atomic power,he added and said PMLN had made Pakistan defense impregnable on May 28, 1998 and now no foreign power can keep an evil eye on it.

Rana Mashood said that PML had created Pakistan after a lot of sacrifices by our forefathers led by Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah and will make it an Asian Economic Tiger.

He said In the previous 16 months Shehbaz Sharif Govt had saved the country from bankruptcy and an imminent economic default.

Rana Mashhood said that present PMLN Government has put the economy back on track of stability and foreign investment started coming back to Pakistan. He said stock exchange achieved new heights and price hikes slashed significantly.