Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Program (PMYP) Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has stressed empowering the country’s youth, declaring the strategy as essential for driving development.
Addressing a ceremony after the inauguration of the Prime Minister Youth Development Centre at Lahore College Women University (LCWU) here on Saturday, he emphasised the importance of utilising the potential of youth for national progress, stating that without utilizing the abilities of youth, national development is not possible. Rana Mashhod Ahmed Khan said that Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif is committed to empowering the youth alongside economic revitalization, adding that the Prime Ministers Youth Program is working to equip young people with skills to face future challenges, targeting to provide skill training to one million boys and girls this year, creating job opportunities in Pakistan and abroad.
The chairman expressed his vision to propel Pakistan’s IT industry to a $25 billion market. Rana Mashhood highlighted the current IT industry’s value at $2.5 billion and, following Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif’s vision, aims to increase it tenfold. The inclusion of female students in the Youth Loan Program has been increased from 11 percent to 30 percent, he announced. Highlighted the need to provide educational and healthy recreational opportunities for the youth, he emphasized that youth are the future of Pakistan.
