Tomorrow’s leaders: ‘Youth guarantees vibrant future’

Says the dream of a developed country cannot be achieved without the participation of the youth

LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif has said the youth possess great capabilities and they are filled with the passion to serve the country.

The chief minister expressed these views while talking to a delegation of the youth. Shehbaz said the dream of development country could not materialise without giving modern education to the youth and the Punjab government was following a comprehensive programme of promoting information technology and modern knowledge.

“Higher education has been made accessible to every deserving and brilliant student through the Punjab Educational Endowment Fund,” he said. “The journey of development could continue only by making the youth the engine of development. The Punjab government has initiated unique programmes for empowerment of the youth and an investment to the tune of billions of rupees had been made to equip the youth with the latest knowledge.”

Shehbaz said a large number of students were learning Chinese language in different educational institutions, situated in Pakistan and China, while many more students had been sent to Turkey to learn Turkish language.



“The future of a prosperous and vibrant Pakistan is di rectly linked to the efforts of the youth,” he remarked.

“Pakistan belongs to all of us, we have to make it vibrant and encourage development with our collective efforts. We are required to follow the golden principles of hard work, honesty and trust for national development,” he added.

The chief minister said the government was fast moving towards achieving the target of imparting skilled-based education to as much as two million youth and pointed out that thousands of youth were earning honourable livelihood by benefiting from different skills development programmes.



He said merit was the only way forward for development and therefore, it has been given priority in all development programmes. Competent and eligible people have been recruited through a merit-based system, he said.

He said that positive results of different programmes, launched for improving educational sector, have been achieved and reiterated his strong commitment that no dearth of resources would ever hamper the educational and training programmes relating to youth empowerment.  

Published in The Express Tribune, March 30^th, 2018.