Fauji group seeks joint venture with QCCI for technical training

Consultant tells chamber’s members Balochistan needs technicians, not technology

QUETTA: The Fauji Foundation seeks to form a joint venture with the Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) to equip the youth of Balochistan with modern skills to tap in the natural resources of the province.

Addressing the QCCI members, Fauji Foundation Consultant Col (retd) Syed Ameer Haider said, “Balochistan needs technicians, not technology.”



QCCI President Juma Khan Badezai, Senior Vice President Salahuddin Khilji, Badaruddin Kakar and other members were present.

They welcomed the consultant and briefed him about the difficulties being faced by the chamber.

Haider said, “Equipping the youth with modern skills is imperative for fulfilling the needs of the industrialists. Lack of technical centres in Balochistan is an impediment in equipping the youth with skills.”



He said that modern technical skills were vital for boosting private industries in the province.

“Ninety per cent of the skilled staff in the industries belongs to other provinces which is making it hard for private industries in Balochistan to run and function properly,” he said, urging to impart modern technical training to the young generation of the province after secondary education.

Syed Ameer Haider offered the QCCI to form a joint venture to impart modern skills training to the youth.

“The Fauji Foundation should establish units for upgradation of mines, fruit and vegetables which would be helpful to strengthen the provincial economy,” said the consultant.



Sharing his views on the provincial mineral industry, he said, “Balochistan has been producing 42 types of minerals but due to lack of machineries and skills, much of it is going to waste.”

“The Fauji Foundation has commenced skill development programmes with chambers of commerce of Sialkot and Rawalpindi for the youth and we seek to start such a programme in Balochistan,” said Haider, announcing his organisation’s full support for the QCCI.