ISLAMABAD: Planning Minister Asad Umar said on Monday that the youth, beingthe asset of the country, would be fully encouraged to start theirbusinesses.
Addressing the soft launching of Startup Pakistan Programme in Islamabad,he said the initiative would help create jobs and enhance economicactivities in the country in an inclusive, scalable and sustainable way.“One million students will be trained through 10,000 startup programmes by2023,” he added.
Asad Umar noted that jobs around the world were being created through smallentrepreneurship and that Pakistan would also achieve success by followinginternational practices.
He said the youth should adopt “think big, start small” approach forsuccess.
Speaking on the occasion, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on YouthAffairs Usman Dar said that the programme would make the trainees “jobproviders” and not “seekers”.
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“This programme offers funding, mentorship, training, and a variety ofperks and benefits aimed at the provision of facilities to entrepreneurs,”he added.
He informed that one million youth applied for loans under the KamyaabJawan Programme during the first 15 days of the launch. Of these, he added,about 600,000 were those who wanted to start a new business.
“The programme is also unique as about 200,000 females also applied for theloan,” he stated. “The prime minister will soon distribute cheques amongthe applicants.”
