Provision of govt jobs not a durable solution to all economic issues: Fawad

ISLAMABAD, Oct 16 (APP):Federal Minister for Science and Technology, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain Wednesday said provision of government jobs to everyone was not the durable solution of the economic issues being faced by the country.

In a video message, the federal minister said his statement regarding provision of jobs in an event held on Tuesday was misquoted by some section of media and presented out of context.

Clarifying his statement, he said, “Provision of government jobs to the people is not the solution of the economic problems but we have to boost private sector for creation of more jobs and I still stick to my words.”

He said Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf promised to provide 10 million jobs but it did not mean that only government jobs would be provided. The government was responsible to create an ideal environment where jobs could be created.

He said out of the total jobs in the country, the ratio of government workforce was six percent however 94 percent jobs were private.

If the government doubled this ratio of government jobs, it could only damage the performance of government departments with over burdening and not resolve the issue of unemployment.