Staff Reporter
Prime Minister Imran Khan will distribute on Monday the cheques among beneficiaries of subsidised business loans under his government’s Kamyab Jawan Program– Youth Entrepreneurship Scheme – during his day-long official visit to the city. Sindh Governor Imran Ismail, federal ministers and a large number of youths selected under the loan programme have been invited to attend a ceremony scheduled to be held at the Governor House. PM Imran will distribute cheques among the youths selected from across Sindh. Special Advisor to the PM for Youth Affairs Usman Dar has asserted that provision of employment to youths at the earliest was among the top priorities of the government. “The premier has allocated highest-ever budget in the country’s history for youths,” Mr Dar said, adding that the government was initiating distribution of loans across Sindh and other parts of the country on an immediate basis. “Millions of Sindh’s youths have come under the banner of the successful youth program that will increase employment and reduce poverty” Mr Dar added, while pointing out that the government would provide best guidance and training to youths under its patronage. An official concerned with the project said that all the executing banks, including National Bank of Pakistan (NBP), Bank of Punjab (BoP) and Bank of Khyber (BoK), would strengthen their infrastructure both in terms of human resource and technology to cope with the huge challenge of processing one million applications received so far under the scheme. He said that they would strictly follow merit and transparency in the processing and disbursement of loans to the potential entrepreneurs. It would not only create employment opportunities for the youth but would also contribute remarkably to the national economic growth, the source said.
