Country moving towards progress and prosperity: Shehbaz

LAHORE, Mar 29 (APP)::Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad
Shehbaz Sharif has said the youth possess great capabilities
and they are filled with the passion of serving the country.
Talking to a delegation of the youth in London, the chief
minister said that dream of development of the country could
not be materialised without giving modern education to the
youth, and added that the Punjab government was following
a comprehensive programme of promoting information technology
and modern knowledge.
Imparting of higher education had been made possible
for every deserving and brilliant student through Punjab
Educational Endowment Fund. He said that journey of development
could be continued only by making youth the engine of development.
The Punjab government has initiated unique programmes for
empowerment of the youth and an investment to the tune of
billions of rupees had been made to equip the youth with the
latest knowledge.
He said that a large number of students were learning Chinese
language in different educational institutions, situated in
Pakistan and China, while many more students had been sent to
Turkey to learn the Turkish language there.
The future of a prosperous and vibrant Pakistan is
directly linked with the efforts of the youth. There is no
doubt that future of the country is vibrant and Pakistan is
moving towards development and prosperity.
“Pakistan belongs to all of us and we all have to make it
vibrant and a developed country with our collective efforts.
We are required to follow the golden principles of hard work,
honesty and trust for national development.
“It is sanguine that durable steps have been taken for
promotion of education at grass-roots level along with increase
in schools’ enrollment,” he added.
The chief minister said that the government was speedily
moving towards achieving the target of imparting skilled-based
education to as much as two million youth and pointed out that
lakhs of youth are earning honourable livelihood by benefiting
from different skills development programmes.
He said that merit is the only way forward for development
and therefore, it has been given priority in all development
programmes. Competent and eligible people have been recruited
through a merit-based system, he said.
He said that positive results of different programmes,
launched for improving educational sector, have been achieved
and reiterated his strong commitment that no dearth of resources
would ever hamper the educational and training programmes
relating to youth empowerment.
“We have always given priority to public service and our
past and present is reflective of the measures taken for public
service and national development,” concluded the chief minister.