ISLAMABAD: Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs, Shaza Fatima Khawaja said that present government will provide two million jobs to country’s youth through National Youth Employment Policy (NYEP).

Addressing opening ceremony of Commonwealth Year of Youth, Shaza Fatima said that Pakistan has huge youth bulge and about 150 million people of Pakistan are under 30 years of age which means that about 68 percent of our population consists of youth.

Government’s priority domains for uplift of youth are “Girls Learn Girls Earn”, “Blue Collar Jobs” and “Providing dignified jobs to youth in future”, she added.

Under Prime Minister’s Youth Programme, importance is being given to 4-Es which are education, employment, engagement and environment.

SAPM informed that National Youth Council had been organised consisting of dynamic youth who were playing positive role for welfare and development of society.

Shaza Fatima expressed her gratitude to Secretary General for organising special event and asked for further mobilising initiatives for youth of country this year.

Published in The Daily National Courier, February, 01 2023

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