Summary PM will announce new initiatives for the youth including employment opportunities.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will address the nation today. He is expected to unveil his government s program regarding the youth.
The prime minister will announce new initiatives for the youth including employment opportunities‚ soft loan scheme and scholarships for the brilliant students.
According to the five-point programme for youth, the PM is likely to announce laptop scheme for talented students which was initially launched by the government of Punjab.
It is also expected that the government will launch internship programmes for youth starting from Rs 10,000.
The Prime Minister’s first address to the nation was based on the grim realities of the situation.
Mr. Sharif touched on virtually every challenge Pakistan was confronting, but it was the critically important and demanding issue of energy about which he was unambiguous in telling the nation that a sudden and immediate solution was simply not possible. He did not mince his words to disabuse his listeners of the impression that if the government had the will, it could replace darkness with light overnight. Wiping the curse of loadshedding out, he maintained, would take five years.
Apart from power shortages, he brought out the country’s two major concerns: terrorism and foreign policy issues. On militancy, Nawaz repeated the PML-N’s well known mantra that it would hold talks with terrorists and, in the address, he made them an overly optimistic, unconditional offer of coming to the table.
However, he asserted, that in case a reasonable way out was not possible, his government would not hesitate to use force.
In his speech, Nawaz gave the impression of favouring a regional approach to foreign policy, with China and India both receiving special mention. With India, the Prime Minister suggested a policy of restraint and cooperation, but failed to mention how this progress could be sustained without the core issue of Kashmir being resolved. On China, he was unambivalent, declaring it to be a “truly sincere friend”, and most eager to help Pakistanis build momentum to an era of prosperity.
