Some elements spreading disappointment among youth, says Rajwana

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Muhammad Rafiq Rajwana has said the government is performing its constitutional responsibility for providing social justice to people and there is a need to promote positive thinking in society for the country’s development.

He was addressing the inaugural ceremony of 4th phase of chief minister’s laptop scheme at Faisal Auditorium on Wednesday. Punjab University Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Zaffar Mueen Nasir, Secretary Higher Education Department Nasim Nawaz, senior faculty members and a large number of students from various institutions of higher learning were present.

Addressing the ceremony, the Punjab governor said failure in the field of education failed nations and halted journey to development.

“There are hundreds of success stories of great personalities before you who were nothing before they started their struggle to achieve their goals. So, don’t let your dreams die and fight the circumstances,” Rajwana said, adding: “We were making a nation and the government was providing people with their due rights. We did not want to take credit of our initiatives but the young generation must compare the performance of governments and judge who was serving people.”

He said a few elements were spreading disappointment among the youth. He said young students were getting laptops and scholarships totally on merit and they really deserved guard of honour. Pakistan had given us a lot and we must think that what we had returned to Pakistan.

So far, around 310,000 students had received laptops under the CM’s laptop scheme and after completion of the fourth phase, more than four hundred thousand students would have received the laptops purely on merit.Addressing the ceremony, Dr Zaffar Mueen Nasir said the Punjab government was helping poor students through PEEF scholarships.