ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif assured the lawmakers of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that the event of the province, significantly its merged districts, is the highest precedence of the federal government.
Speaking to members of the nationwide and provincial assemblies from KP right here on Thursday, the PM claimed that the PML-N authorities has all the time given precedence to the event of merged districts of KP.
Assuring provision of high commonplace well being and schooling amenities within the merged districts, Mr Sharif mentioned the federal government would set up Danish Colleges within the space to supply high quality schooling to college students of those districts.
He additionally emphasised the necessity to cease electrical energy theft, promote photo voltaic power and supply reduction to the poor and center class.
Reaffirms Pakistan’s assist to ECO in boosting intra-regional commerce
He mentioned the federal government is changing agricultural tubewells into photo voltaic power throughout the nation as a result of it might assist improvement of the agriculture sector, improve cultivation of land and save billions of {dollars} that are in any other case spent on import of gas.
He claimed the federal government has lately introduced huge reduction to the poor and mid-dle-income individuals in electrical energy payments.
On the event, he additionally introduced formation of a committee, chaired by the deputy PM, to discover a sustainable answer to issues being confronted by elected representatives of KP.
He mentioned the federal government needed to take robust choices to revive the financial system and save the nation from falling into default.
The lawmakers praised the prime minister’s management and the steps he took for enhancing the nation’s financial system.
ECO delegation
In the meantime, Prime Minister Shehbaz on Thursday reaffirmed his dedication that Pakistan would proceed to lend its full assist to the Financial Cooperation Organisation in enhancing intra-regional commerce amongst member nations and ECO reforms agenda.
He was speaking to Secretary Common of the Financial Cooperation Organisation (ECO) Khusrav Noziri who referred to as on him on the PM Home on Thursday.
The PM highlighted the importance of “ECO Imaginative and prescient 2025”, signed in the course of the 2017 ECO Summit in Islamabad underneath the then Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif, as an essential doc for the ECO.
The ECO secretary normal apprised the prime minister about ECO initiatives and actions and his reforms agenda to revitalise ECO throughout his tenure.
The prime minister appreciated the ECO secretary normal’s efforts and contributions to advertise ECO as a regional platform for cooperation and prolonged finest needs for his future endeavours.
He famous with pleasure that Mr Noziri was a graduate of the Overseas Service Academy of Pakistan.
He additionally conveyed his finest needs for Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon.
The prime minister mentioned the nation is feeling proud that the incoming secretary normal of ECO could be Dr Asad Majeed Khan, the previous overseas secretary of Pakistan.
Youth programme
The prime minister directed related authorities on Thursday to organize a complete technique with respect to provision of employment alternatives to the youth of the nation on the idea of equality.
Chairing a gathering of Prime Minister’s Youth Programme on the PM Home, he mentioned with their immense expertise, the youth may change the face of the nation if they’re supplied with required assets.
The prime minister was of the view that provision of employment alternatives to the youth is the federal government’s high precedence.
He mentioned that each one coaching programmes at Nationwide Vocational and Technical Coaching Fee (NVTTC) ought to be centered on creating job alternatives for college students.
He directed the authorities to conduct a survey of job market after which accordingly begin the ability coaching programmes.
Printed in Daybreak, July twenty sixth, 2024