ISLAMABAD – Prime Minister Youth Programme has recently launched multipleinitiatives for the development of the young population in the country.This time it has come up with the long-awaited Start-up programmelinktotrain students for entrepreneurship in the field of technology.

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf introduced Kamyab Jawan Program,link the largest undergrad scholarshiplinkprogramin Pakistan’s history and Youth Empowerment Cardlink.Prime Minister start-up was announced a few months ago aiming to empowerand make the youth more economically independent.

The name of the programme will be the “Start-up Pakistan Programme” and itwill run under the “Kamyab Jawan Programme”. The progamme will train onemillion students from different universities and colleges.

According to an official, under this programme Higher Education Commission(HEC) and the National Vocational and Technical Training Commission(NAVTTC) will get funds for the expansion of Business Incubation Centres(BICs).

HEC will use that fund to train 500,000 students for entrepreneurship andit would also use some funds to produce 5,000 graduate startups fromdifferent HEC recognized universities through Business Incubation Centres(BICs).

National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC) will alsoprovide training to 500,000 students for entrepreneurship and cover 300technical training centres across the country through blended incubation.

Under this programme the government will engage with overseas Pakistanisfrom developed countries who are technology geeks and infopreneurs. Theywill help to train the youth for new technology, entrepreneurship, andmarket reading,