Daughter of the current Prime Minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif. PHOTO: WASEEM NIAZ
The appointment, which is honorary, will not entitle Maryam to any kind of remuneration or fringe benefits.
As chairperson, she is expected to be charged with the responsibility of coordinating, managing, finalising and supervising implementation of the youth programme.
Thank u everyone for ur kind wishes .... I assure u I would spare no effort to enable our youth to realise & live their dreams. InshaAllah!
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) November 22, 2013
In a subsequent tweet she said that the aim of the programme was to create entrepreneurs.
Through PM's youth business loans program, we are all set to create young entrepreneurs by helping them start, grow & run their businesses.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) November 22, 2013
The Youth Programme comprises of the following schemes: Prime Minister's Interest Free Loan Scheme, Prime Minister's Youth Business Loans, Prime Minister's Youth Training Scheme, Prime Minister's Youth Skills Development Scheme, Prime Minister's Scheme for Provision of Laptops and Prime Minister's Scheme for Reimbursement of Fee of Students from the Less Developed Areas.
Maryam has earlier held the position of chairperson at Sharif Trust, founded by her grandfather Muhammad Sharif, Sharif Medical City and Sharif Education Institutes.
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Appointed using what criteria , merit or royal hereditary. I am confused.
Now its time to change the country name to "Noonistan".
The new Farzana Raja?
p.s. hoping this scheme can also help youth of Karachi/Hyderabad and not just Lahore/Faisalabad
Lets hope she develops good relations with India on being further active in politics unlike Hina Rabbani who ate away her words but her (Marium's) work as of now should get appreciation.
it is requested that in pakistan most of the students cannot afford the fees of the univeristies so please make sure that all the program should reach to the person who really deserve it.and make it free form political interfernce..most of the people have approches and they do illegal work and take the right of other person.i belong to a very poor disst of kpk please give some attention to our area there are alot problems for the grils edcuation...jehangir from disst dir upper..
it is requested that in pakistan most of the students cannot afford the fees of the univeristies so please make sure that all the program should reach to the person who really deserve it.and make it free form political interfernce..most of the people have approches and they do illegal work and take the right of other person.i belong to a very poor disst of kpk please give some attention to our area there are alot problems for the grils edcuation...jehangir from disst dir upper..
it is requested that in pakistan most of the students cannot afford the fees of the univeristies so please make sure that all the program should reach to the person who really deserve it.and make it free form political interfernce..most of the people have approches and they do illegal work and take the right of other person.i belong to a very poor disst of kpk please give some attention to our area there are alot problems for the grils edcuation...jehangir from disst dir upper..
Go Mary.......you are too cute and need to be on our daily media feed....keep that cute smile on :) they are all incompetent, you are at least cute......
Nepotism again reflected in appointment of Chairperson of PM's Youth Programme. Is Prog funded by N family or taxpayers?
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a revolutionary step to motivate the youth by PM and the Federal Government. The critics can keep on their dark glasses and see evrery thing black with half glass empty. However, with proper planning, disciplined organization, meticulous implementation by competent honest and dedicated people alongwith constant monitoring and timely corrective measures, inshaAllah it will be successful scheme. It will have multiplier effects and antccelerate economic developme
There were huge numbers of critics of Motorway. But PM at the t time was adamant to have a 6 lane motorway built on international standard. Now the users and patrolling teams of Motorway are happy to save 25 % time and tiresome
Also please try to see the "niyyat" If it is pure, selfless and to develop the country and for welfare of people, it is going to inshaAllah succeed
i my self really apporiate the current youth schame. this will help those graduate which are in trobal and trying their level for job.. but they cannot find .
When will we stop playing politics, more distractions for the public. deal with the law and order situation stop trying to fool the public please. we are not all idiots
In pursuance to the dairy science park, a presentation was made by Prof Dr M Subhan Qureshi, Dean Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, the University of Agriculture, Peshawar before the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chamber of Commerce and Industries highlighting the livestock resources of the province in the northern and southern mountainous and arid areas and the central valley, making it suitable for production and value addition of meat. It was reported that the province possesses the required manpower and livestock resources, however these need to be developed into appropriate SMEs and to be supported with chilling, storage and transportation facilities with a cold chain up to consumers' plate. It may lead to export of meat worth US$ one billion to the international Halal meat market. Availability of Halal meat with the logo of Peshawar will definitely provide satisfaction to the Muslim consumers in the non Muslim world and will bring economic prosperity to the region.
The President of the KPCCI announced establishment of the Livestock Standing Committee and a business desk at the Chamber for facilitating the development of livestock based enterprises and utilization of the Prime Minister's Youth Program. .
This is a good initiative to engage the youth in some productive economic activity. At Peshawar we held the second international Workshop on Dairy Science Park which came up with recommendations that the youth of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa may be engaged in livestock production, value addition and marketing activities as a source of self employment, leading to production of clean food for local consumption as well as export. The conference generated a soft image of the region and recommended that the terrorism may be controlled through stimulating economic and productive developing activities, rather than hitting it with drones, which creates a sense of revenge among the people and lead to further destruction.
Its all in the family.
In coming days Begum Kulsoom Nawaz will be the chairperson of PML N ladies wing....This is an article of Abaa Jre of Raiwind
There are a ton of serial Pakistani entrepreneurs both in Pakistan and here in SF who could have ensured initiative's success. Without proper mentor-ship and due diligence giving out loans to newbies can be disastrous and will only push their families into a vicious financial crisis. I wonder when one of those qualified and deserving people will be 'handpicked' for the honorary position. Many of my acquaintances who are VC's, entrepreneurs or consultants will love to get involved, and that too without remuneration. But alas..
ohh wat, no pay??? I guess she'll have to help herself with the loans, fees & laptops that she is in charge of :)
Good step! Very rare in Pakistan to see an appointment without any kind of remuneration or fringe benefits. While a bunch of pseudo-intellectual haters will continue to criticize, we need such people who work selflessly for the Country.
and what qualifies her to hold this position? When will Pakistan look for merit based system?