Gov’t committed to invest in skills, education of youth: PM

On Monday, Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif declared that the government was dedicated to providing young people with professional education and new skills.

The prime minister stated in a statement in honour of World Youth Skills Day that Pakistan’s most valuable asset was its young people, and that giving them access to contemporary skills was essential to ensuring the nation’s future.

He emphasised that in order for the country’s youth to compete globally, the government was providing them with equal development possibilities, modern professional training, and modern education.

The prime minister restated the government’s intention to send 300,000 young people to China for information technology-related vocational training and 1,000 for training in modern agriculture.