Provision Of Education, Health, Employment Opportunities To Youth Foremost Priority Of PTI Government: PM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 14th Nov, 2018 ) :Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday said ensuring the provision of education, health and employment opportunities to the country's youth as well as their inclusion in every sector was the foremost priority of the PTI government.

The 130 million of population below the age of 35 years was the most precious asset which could change the country's destiny, he added.

The prime minister expressed these views while chairing a meeting on the Prime Minister's Youth Programme here at the PM Office.

The meeting was attended by Chairman PM's Youth Programme Muhammad Usman Dar, Special Assistants to PM Naeem-ul-Haq and Iftikhar Durrani, Secretary to PM Azam Khan and other officers.

The prime minister said by benefiting from the experience of various youth oriented programmes initiated by the previous Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government, a comprehensive and countrywide youth program should be formulated.

The program should not only ensure the provision of quality healthcare, education and employment opportunities for the youth, but also focus on help retrieving the youth of poor families from poverty and providing them respectable jobs, he added.

The prime minister said by utilizing modern technology a special portal for youth should also be established so that they could directly send their opinions, suggestions and complaints to the government to enable it to formulate future policies in the light of those proposals.

During the briefing, the prime minister was told that since 130 million of population was below the age of 35 years, there was a need to put special focus on the provision of education, training and employment opportunities for them.

He was further told that the utility of worth billions of rupees' youth programmes, launched during the previous government, could be gauged well from the fact that according to Commonwealth Youth Global Development Index Ranking, Pakistan came down to 154th position as against 89th in 2013.

According to the Commonwealth Youth Global Development Index, the meeting was informed, the ratio of Pakistani youth in terms of the provision of education, health and employment opportunities as well as their inclusion in political process and other matters was very low.

The meeting was further told that in line with the manifesto of PTI-government, a comprehensive program was being formulated to ensure the provision of education and employment opportunities to youth and their inclusion in diverse areas of life and economy.