SIALKOT: According to Shaza Fatima Khawaja, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs, sports are the federal government’s top priority, and every effort is being made to encourage and promote competition at all levels.
Speaking at the Government College for Women University Sialkot’s talent hunt youth sports league’s trials for women’s volleyball, she said that the coalition government’s main priority was the youth and that it was taking practical steps to support them.
She claimed that women were making strides and showcasing their skills in every industry. The government, according to her, would support all sports at all levels, including volleyball. “They (women) are equally as capable as men in every field. All levels of volleyball and other sports will receive government support, according to Shaza. Shaza claimed that initiatives were being made to support and champion women not just in sports but in all spheres of endeavor. According to the SAPM, students will receive the 1 lakh laptops under the Prime Minister’s program this year. She claimed that the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was dedicated to fostering extracurricular activities among young people and delivering education. Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) is pursuing extracurricular activities among youth in addition to education.
Shaza Khawaja said that the Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, after assuming the post of Special Assistant, gave her the first instruction to restart the laptop programme. She said that according to the instructions of PM Shehbaz Sharif, the series of laptop scheme was being restarted from where it was broken to provide opportunities to our youth according to their abilities. The SAPM said the PMLN government had started Prime Minister Youth Programme in 2013. She said earlier, Shehbaz Sharif as the chief minister Punjab, had started e-labs and sports festivals along with laptops, the purpose of which was to provide students with a platform from where they could move forward. She said PM Shehbaz Sharif had declared the current year as the year of youth in which we are going to provide opportunities in education as well as in sports for the youth across Pakistan.
She said interest-free loans were being provided to the youth for promotion of their small business so that the youth could start their own businesses. Shaza Fatima gave the example of two young students of Layyah and Ghotki who received laptops under the Prime Minister’s Laptop Scheme and said that today they themselves were living a successful life and had taught thousands of people the skills to live a successful life. Vice Chancellor (VC) Government College Women University Prof. Dr. Rukhsana Kousar, Former Member Provincial Assembly PMLN Gulnaz Shujah Pasha, Personal Assistant to Vice Chancellor Rana Adnan and a large number of female students participated in the programme. Earlier, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Youth Affairs Shaza Fatima Khawaja planted saplings along with the vice chancellor at the lawns of university. She showed keen interest in the exhibition organized by the department of Fine Arts at the university.
