Country’s future hinges on educated youth: Shehbaz

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Sunday said the country’s future hinged upon well-educated and skilled youth and the federal government would facilitate the high achievers with scholarship schemes to get education in well-reputed global educational institutions.He expressed these views during a meeting with Ikramullah, a student from Balochistan province, who is now studying in the 9th class at Lawrence College Murree.

Under the prime minister’s direction, the student from 2022 flood affected area of Qila Saifullah was provided with the facility to get education at the country’s prominent educational institution.

The prime minister recalled that he met the student in the Khasnoob camp in Qila Saifullah when floods had caused destruction in the Balochistan province during 2022.

The premier said he had assured the student of quality education, adding that it pleased him a lot that the student was now studying in Lawrence College.

The student thanked the prime minister for giving him an opportunity to meet him. Congratulating the prime minister, Ikramullah said he prayed for him for his kind gesture. The student also expressed his resolve to achieve the goal and serve the country in future.

The prime minister advised him to serve the nation and country by working hard and concentrating on his studies.

The prime minister said that when he had visited the flood-affected area, the student was in a protest mood but now he was showing a discernible change. He mentioned that in Punjab province, they had sent the high achievers to get education at the best European and Scandinavian countries who later returned completely transformed and were full of confidence.

The prime minister also welcomed the principal and housemaster of Lawrence College and gave away gifts to the student, including a pen and a tablet, expressing the hope that it would help him in pursuance of his studies.