Prime Minister's Youth Programme focusing on women empowerment

Prime Minister's Youth Programme focusing on women empowerment

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister's Youth Programme is focusing on women empowerment through their financial support and other incentives for their uplift in the society.

According to Radio Pakistan quoting official sources that under Prime Minister's Youth Business Loan Scheme, 50 percent loans were reserved for potential female entrepreneurs in order to help them start their own businesses.

The sources said that under Prime Minister's Interest Free Loan Scheme, 62 percent borrowers were female, which had not only made them financially independent but proved helping hands for their families as well.