SIALKOT, Mar 09 (APP):-:Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar said that PM’s Kamyab
Jawan Skills Scholarship Programme was the largest programme in the history of Pakistan.
He stated this during a launching ceremony of Kamyab Jawan Skills Scholarship
Programme at Foundation University here on Monday.
Addressing on the occasion, he said that Prime Minister Imran Khan had allocated
Rs 30 billion Kamyab Jawan Skills Scholarship Programme. He said the core vision
of Kamyab Jawan Programme was to empower the youth.
Usman Dar said that 506 candidates both male and female had applied for Skills
Scholarship programme from Sialkot, of whom, 145 candidates stood eligible for to
take admission on merit.
The SAPM said the government had allocated Rs100 billion for issuing soft loans
for business to the youth under Kamyab Jawan Programme purely on merit. He said
the loans would provide unique opportunities to the youth to expand their businesses.
He said the youth were future of the nation and the government was making efforts
to provide maximum opportunities to them.
Provincial Minister for Special Education Ch. Muhammad Ikhlaq also spoke on the occasion.
Maj Gen Naseer Khan (Director Education Foundation University), Rana Muhammad Saleem
Afzal (Director General NAVTTC), Prof. Dr. Muhammad A. Bodla (Director Foundation University),
President Sialkot Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) Muhammad Ashraf Malik and
others also attended the ceremony.
VNS Sialkot
