Importance of innovation, leadership highlighted

LAHORE : The Young Leaders Conference (YLC) on Saturday entered a fifth day with an exciting itinerary of keynote and panel sessions led by the best and brightest people from the development sectors, all looking to provide a fresh perspective on leadership.

The theme on the fifth day of the YLC was the developmental leadership. It focused on the importance of innovation and entrepreneurship and the positive impact they have on young adults.

Shahnaz Minallah, a teacher, shared her observations and mentioned spirituality as an energy behind strengthening her as a person.

A session “Nexus Matter” was held on the issue of water scarcity which Pakistan is currently facing.

The panel, including Fareed Alam, Brayshna Kundi, Dr Aftab Alam and Dr Ashraf, implied that the matter called for ensuring sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.

Later, a panel discussion on taboos sponsored by UNICEF was conducted. Moderated by Fizza Rehman, the panel included Wasma Imran, Kiran Khan, Sana Mehmood and Moulana Professor Abdur Rehman Ludhianvi.

This was followed by the launch of UNICEF’s #NoChutti campaign. A design thinking workshop was conducted by Mustansir Tanoli. A session by Max Babri was held on self care, emphasising the need to take care of your mental, emotional, and physical health.

The day was closed with a Qawwali concert by Bakshi Brothers.

This year’s conference is sponsored by the founding partner EBM and cause partners The Asia Foundation, Australian government, Feroze1888, Friedrich Naumann Foundation, USEFP, Wilshire, British Council Pakistan, UNICEF Pakistan, Marie Stopes Society, Jubilee Life Insurance, AlifAilaan, KFC Pakistan, PTCL, Habib Metropolitan Bank Limited, ACM Foods, Mondelez International and Sui Southern Gas Limited.

Jang Media Group, The News, Geo News are the official media partners and Suno FM 89.4 is the official radio partner of the conference while Xenith PR serves as the digital and PR partner, helping to bring the message of YLC to all media platforms and providing essential coverage. TCS is serving as a logistics partner.

YLC has also partnered with Torque for its strategic support.

The YLC vision of youth empowerment and leadership is shared by and reflected in the efforts of all our partner organisations.

YLC is an ideal platform for young adults that facilitates them in launching them in the world as successful leaders and helps them further groom themselves for the future.

YLC, since the past 16 years, has been a pioneer in bringing the youth of Pakistan under one roof and starting a dialogue on some of the key issues we face today.