LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif said on Sunday that 60 percent population of Pakistan comprises youth and their empowerment can result in strengthening of national economy and changing the destiny of the nation.
Talking to Assembly Members of various districts here, he said that PML-N's provincial government took steps of historic nature for development and empowerment of youth. A target has been fixed to create more than four million jobs under Development Strategy 2018.
Shahbaz Sharif said youth is a precious asset and various programmes are successfully continuing for benefiting from their talent, adding that billions of rupees loans have been distributed among the youth to enable them set up their own business while the process of distribution of 50,000 vehicles among the youth under Self-Employment Scheme is also continuing.
The Chief Minister said, "PML-N is implementing its manifesto of public service and provision of basic amenities to the masses, and every penny of public money is being spent honestly on projects of development and prosperity of the citizens."
He mentioned, Self-Employment Scheme, Punjab Educational Endowment Fund, Daanish School, Metro Bus Service, Aashiyana Housing Scheme and other welfare programmes are glorious examples of utilization of national resources on the masses. A large number of poor people are benefiting from unprecedented welfare programmes of Punjab government, he added.
The Chief Minister said that under the second phase, 50,000 vehicles at lower than market price are being distributed among the youth on merit and transparently. While, a mega skill development programme is being extended to whole province for empowerment of thousands of male and female youth, who have been imparted various skills under this programme. The skilled youth, he added, would not only help in economic self-reliance of their families but also earn foreign exchange for Pakistan by working abroad.
Shahbaz Sharif said that sit-ins and protest politics last year not only hampered the process of national development but also created hurdles in the implementation of welfare programmes for the youth.
However, he said, with strong determination and spirit of public service every hurdle can be overcome for achieving the goal of national progress and prosperity. He said that government is determined to make up the precious time of the nation which was wasted due to useless sit-ins.
He said that with hard work and commitment, the goal of national progress and development will be achieved and poverty, ignorance, unemployment and darkness will be removed from Pakistan to make it the country of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal.
On this occasion, the parliamentarians said that Punjab government led by Shahbaz Sharif has taken revolutionary measures for the progress of the province and adopted an effective strategy for empowerment of the youth.
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