Country’s future links with educated youth: PM

Shehbaz says high achievers will be sent abroad for higher education

ISLAMABAD:

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif emphasized the pivotal role of well-educated and skilled youth in shaping the country's future. He reaffirmed the federal government's commitment to supporting high-achieving students through scholarship schemes for pursuing higher education at globally renowned institutions.

During a meeting with Ikramullah, a student from Balochistan currently enrolled in the ninth grade at Lawrence College Murree, the prime minister reiterated the government's dedication to providing quality education nationwide.

Ikramullah, hailing from the flood-affected area of Qila Saifullah in 2022, had the opportunity to receive education at one of the country's prestigious educational institutions. Shehbaz Sharif recalled encountering the determined student at the Khasnoob camp in Qila Saifullah during the devastating floods.

He assured the student of access to quality education, expressing satisfaction that Ikramullah was now studying at Lawrence College.

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In turn, the student expressed gratitude to the Prime Minister for the opportunity to meet him and for his support.

Congratulating the prime minister, he said that he prayed for Shehbaz Sharif for his kind gesture. The student also expressed his resolve to achieve the goal and serve the country in future. The prime minister advised the student to serve the nation by working hard and concentrating on his studies.

He assured that all his educational expenditures would be borne by the government as the students were the future and hope for the country. The prime minister said that when he had visited the flood affected area, the student was in protest mood but now he was showing a discernible change.

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He mentioned that in Punjab, they had sent the high achievers to get education at the best European and Scandinavian countries, who later returned back completely transformed and full of confidence.

The prime minister also welcomed the principal and house master of Lawrence College.

He gave away gifts to the student, including a pen and tablet, expressing the hope that it would help him in pursuance of his studies. Ikaramullah also presented a set of books to the prime minister. The prime minister personally saw off the student from the Prime Minister’s House.

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