Call to exploit youths’ potential

LAHORE
Pakistan Awami Tehreek (PAT) Supreme Council chairman Dr Hassan Mohyiuddin Qadri expressed sorrow that there was no career counselling or human development programme for the youth of the country which comprised 67 per cent of the population and the present government was still making no effort in the direction.
He was addressing an All Parties Youth Peace Conference organised by PAT Youth Wing on Friday. He said most of the 67 percent youth of the country were facing mental, depression or other social, economic and other problems only because the government had never planned for their future and they had been left at the mercy of society which was facing terrorism and several other heinous crimes. Under such circumstances what can a society offer to its youth which itself is facing millions of state-cultured problems, he said and added that all the ruling class have used the youth for their own personal or political reasons. He said fraud schemes were announced which never take off and the youth are left high and dry only to face their uncertain future.
Dr. Hassan Mohyiuddin said that the rulers who are screaming on the mysterious finds at Chiniot should tap massive potentials’ of our youth who should get their due share of attention and resources and be given a chance in policy making and framing of the future policies of the country. Instead they have been used for selfish political reasons, he said and added that how can any country in the world think of progress and prosperity without the involvement and energies of its youth. He said with the help of our youth we can become a great nation as the youth are always sincere for the progress of our country.
Different suggestions were given and approved by the All Parties Youth Peace Conference and the PAT Youth Wings was praised for organizing a successful seminar.
A resolution was passed which demanded that a separate wing and mechanisms be formed by the government and 1% of the development budget be allocated for this purpose. Likewise all the provincial assemblies also allocate funds for this purpose. The seminar also demanded to stop brain drain and the government should give stipend equal to the salary of a grade 16 officer to unemployed educated youth. The speakers were of the view that the LB polls be held on time so that the youth could be involved in the development of their areas. A fact sheet was also presented on alleged bad governance of the Punjab government by Shoiab Tahir, which said that from 2008 over 95 per cent of the gymnasiums are yet to be completed and the funds that were allocated for this purpose have been spent on the Youth Festival. He said that the biggest joke of the Punjab government is that it spends Rs 30 only on the brain development of the youth of the province. He asked the Punjab CM to tell that how have the billions spent on the laptop and solar lamps schemes improved the level of education in the province.
He said while over 40 per cent of the schools in the province remain without basic facilities while billions are been spent on useless schemes. He said the performance of the Punjab Education Department is shameful and in the last year the department failed in every aspect while the government continues to spend on yellow cab schemes and forcing the educated youth to become drivers instead of using their talent on development of the province.