Youth need micro-financing facilities: CM

Kamal says govt keen to work with private sector for job creation

QUETTA: The provincial government needs to provide micro-financing facilities and vocational training opportunities to the youth as a means for reducing unemployment and alleviating poverty, said Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal.
He said this while addressing a meeting of a special cell for poverty alleviation and social development in the provincial capital.
Kamal said that vocation training would be in human resource development and equip the youth of Balochistan with skills to excel in their professional lives.
He went on to say that employment opportunities in the public sector were on the wane, adding that efforts would be made to provide favourable condition for the private sector due to its ability to create jobs.

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Senator Anwarul Haq Kakar, the finance department secretary and other members of the cell attended the meeting.
Various issues were discussed during the meeting with the focus on poverty alleviation, employment creation, and micro-financing. The meeting also discussed the possibility of increased employment opportunities in fisheries, agriculture and livestock sectors.
“We are taking adequate steps to address the challenges of poverty and employment to improve the situation. But progress comes slowly and gradually,” he said.
The private sector is very important in the overall scenario with increased economic opportunities due to global projects under way in the province, he added.