President Dr Arif Alvi Expressed His Pleasure Over Completion Of Tenures By The Last Three Assemblies

The president expressed his pleasure over completion of tenures by the last three assemblies and observed that the parochial interests and rampant corruption were the biggest reasons behind the current challenges.

Islamabad, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 17th Sep, 2018 ) :The president expressed his pleasure over completion of tenures by the last three assemblies and observed that the parochial interests and rampant corruption were the biggest reasons behind the current challenges.

He said the youth needed to be equipped with vocational training to help them find suitable jobs. He also called for easing the small loans process and taking measures for exporting the skilled labour.

He also emphasized the promotion of sports and arts for physical and mental growth of the youth by taking input from the scholars.

He said investment in the human capital was possible through a uniform curriculum and educational system and related facilities.

He called for revamping education system in the country, particularly in its backward areas. He believed that there was no harm in replicating the KP model because public sector institutions could provide qualitative education to all.

President Arif said more than three million students were currently studying in religious seminaries. In order to bring them into the mainstream, the curriculum in the seminaries needed to be made compatible with the modern day requirements to enable them play a positive and proactive role in different walks of life.

In this regard, he said the government needed to devise a strategy in consultation with the religious scholars.

The president said after FATA's merger with the KP, the government would have to formulate relevant policies and take prompt decisions, keeping in view the hopes, expectations and aspirations of the people of the region.

He was confident that the government would be able to reduce fiscal deficit, redress the issues of state owned enterprises, formulate investment friendly policies, and simplify the investment processes.

For the purpose, the government would have to reduce the role of departments and put a restraint on their discretionary powers. Banks and investors would also have to be proactive in that regard, he added.

The president also called for attracting the overseas Pakistanis to invest in the country and urged all the chambers of commerce and industry to play their positive roles in that context.

He said terrorism had been overcome consequent to the nation's resilience and sacrifices of the law-enforcement agencies.

"On behalf of the entire nation, I would like to pay tribute to all the martyrs in this struggle. They have put in the greatest sacrifices for the motherland," he remarked.

Earlier, the House offered Fateha for the departed soul of Begum Kulsoom Nawaz, the wife of former prime minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif.