IT skills programme launched for Pakistan youth
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan government has devised a program to impart IT skills to two hundred thousand youth every year.
This was stated by the Federal Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal at a ceremony.
The Minister said the program will enable youth to play their role in the progress of the country’s digital economy.
He said Pakistan’s art, culture and heritage can be promoted as brand at world level through showcasing the creativity of our youth.
Later, talking to newsmen regarding ongoing political talks, Ahsan Iqbal said the government is taking all possible measures for the success of talks.
To a question, he said Pakistan is once again facing the challenge of terrorism due to former PTI Government’s policies. He said the government will tackle the menace of terrorism successfully and will defeat it like it did during 2013 and 2017.
To another question regarding Afghanistan, the Minister said Pak Army has capability for a befitting response from across the border.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
