ISLAMABAD
\nPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday reaffirmed his commitment to equip the country\u2019s youth with advanced technological skills, emphasizing the importance of their role in driving the nation\u2019s development and prosperity.
\nHe assured that all necessary resources will be allocated to provide the best training opportunities, enabling young people to become productive contributors to the society. Addressing a launching ceremony of PM Digital Youth Hub, the prime minister said that as a Chief Minister Punjab, he disbursed 400,000 laptops among the students who were high achievers in their schools and colleges.
\n\u201cThis was the vision for which he worked hard,\u201d he remarked. The prime minister emphasized that youth of Pakistan was a challenge as well as a great opportunity. \u201cIf we provide training of Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) led modern technology, they can contribute a lot for the development and prosperity of Pakistan.\u201d
\nHe said if the youth were provided with right opportunity, they could play positive role in making the country one of the leading economy of the world. Expressing his resolve to provide the best training to the youth, he said the government will ensure all possible resources for their training by cutting down other expenditures.
\n\u201cYouth are the biggest assets of Pakistan, and we can serve this great asset by equipping them with the best state-of-the-art technologies.\u201d Referring to the recent staff level agreement with International Monetary Fund (IMF), the prime minister said through IMF programme, the country had achieved stability, but this should be kept in mind that this was the loan \u2018which we have to get rid of\u2019.
\nHe hoped that this might be the last programme. The prime minister asked the youth to work hard as they could play role in this regard. He highlighted that during last three weeks, the national exchequer received Rs 34 billion due to the government\u2019s efforts to speed up the tax cases pending in the tribunals for several years.
\nChairman Prime Minister Youth Programme Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan on the occasion said that the government was opening up new opportunities to empower youth of the country. He said through PM Digital Hub, the youth would take benefit in various sectors including sports, tourism, sports, IT, green economy and others.
\nUnited Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Officer In-charge Sharmeela Rasool said this was a platform of opportunity and hope. She said this programme was aimed at making the youth stronger and a productive people of the country.
\nChairman Semiconductor Group Naveed Sherwani said private sector and public sector should put full energy in provision of training to the youth to enable them playing role for the development of the country.
\nUN Resident Coordinator Muhammad Yahya said the Digital Youth Hub was prepared to make youth capable of exploring their capabilities. This is the start of journey of development and prosperity for Pakistan, he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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