Pakistan: ‘Govt to expand AI, skills training for youth’
Chairman of the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme and Adviser Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan has announced plans to expand opportunities for young people in Balochistan through artificial intelligence (AI), modern technology, technical training and business support.
Speaking at the Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industry (QCCI) during a meeting with its president and members of the business community, he said the chamber would be engaged to promote small businesses, startups and youth entrepreneurship.
He said the government was committed to equipping young people with marketable skills, enabling them to achieve economic independence and encouraging their participation in national development.
To broaden employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, several organisations, including the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund, Balochistan Rural Support Programme and Small and Medium Enterprises Development Authority, have been brought on board, he added.
Reference Link:- https://www.dawn.com/news/2038420
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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.…
