You only lose when you give up: Imran

PM encourages youth to stay put by sharing video of Dutch runner’s unexpected victory

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Imran Khan told the youth of Pakistan on Sunday that one only loses when they give up.

The premier’s remarks came through his official Twitter handle, where he had posted a video of Dutch runner Sifan Hassan’s victory at the Tokyo Olympic Games 2020.

The video shows Hasan during a 1500-metre run, where she tripped over an opponent and fell during the final lap. However, the runner got up, continued with the race, and eventually came in first place.

This is “the most important lesson that sports taught me”, PM Imran wrote.

“You only lose when you give up”, he emphasised to the young people of the nation.

PM Imran was famously an international cricketer, who led the Pakistani team to victory in the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

The clip featuring Sifan Hassan has become viral on social media in recent days. Hassan has won two gold medals and a bronze medal in the Tokyo Games.

Intitatives for Pakistani youth

Three days ago, Minister for Planning and Development Asad Umar announced initiating two sports projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) in "all federating units of the country.

“Reviewed 2 new PSDP [Public Sector Development Programme] projects for sports under kamyab jawan program. A talent hunt scheme and a scheme to develop sports academies/high-performance centers,” Umar said via his offical Twitter handle.

“Both will be done thru HEC [Higher Education Commission] and in all Federating units of the country. Time to reverse the decades old neglect of sports,” he added.

On August 3, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry informed the media that the federal cabinet had given approval for the grant of loans of Rs315 billion to the youth under the Kamyab Jawan Programme.

On May 25, Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a whopping Rs100 billion start-up loans package for the youth to help them start their own businesses in the biggest ever incentive scheme for the young population in the country’s history.

“The government’s this initiative to extend soft loans worth Rs100 billion through the Kamyab Jawan Programme will encourage the country’s youth to launch start-ups and businesses of their own,” PM Imran said.

The prime minister also announced 170,000 skills-education scholarships, out of which around 50,000 would be reserved for high-end skills such as the latest technology, including artificial intelligence and big data.