AJK Government announces easy-term loans for jobless youth
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MIRPUR (AJK): (APP) The youth of AJK will soon be provided easy-term loans by the government for establishing business on easy terms and conditions to enable young people to create self-employment opportunities instead of looking for government jobs.
AJK Minister for youth, sports and culture, Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed told a fifteen- member delegation of youth who visited Muzaffarabad as a part of the youth project conducted by CPDR in collaboration with the British Council. The delegates belonged to different parts of AJK.
Ch. Saeed said that yhe government will soon establish a task force consisting talented young people of the State which will facilitate the Government in policy-making process and also promote sports and culture in the region.
Earlier, the delegation visited the Assembly where the Speaker Shah Ghulam Qadir; Deputy Speaker, Sardar Farooq Tahir; Minister for Law, Raja Nisar; Minister for Education, Barrister Iftikhar Gillani; Chaudhary Muhammad Saeed; Hafiz Ahmed Raza Qadri; Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbasi, and Asad Ali Shah met them .
Shah Ghulam Qadir said since the future of the country lies in the hands of the youth, they should take interest in politics and government affairs. Moreover they must be given an opportunity to axquaint themselves of the proceedings of the legislative assembly.
They should help the government in policy making and developing an apt system for AJK instead of focusing on accountability of the rulers and politicians.
The senior leader of Pakistan People's Party, Ch. Latif Akbar emphasized that without an active interest of the young people in national issues, our country and society can never move forward on the road of progress.
He claimed that present leadership of the PPP consists of young people.
The leader of the Muslim Conference and Member Assembly, Sardar Sagheer Khan; two other members of the Assembly, Mr. Ahmed Raza Qadri and Dr. Mustafa Bashir Abbassi; Additional Chief Secretary, Asif Hussain Shah, and Secretary to the Government, Zafar Nabi Butt also addressed the delegation. Asif Shah reaffirmed that there can be no concept of good governance without the local bodies elections.
He further stated that CPEC will play an important role in the economic independence of AJK as well as in establishing connections between different districts. He asked the youth to focus on acquiring technical education.
