PM Khan to launch ‘Kamyab Jawan Programme’ for youth welfare today

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan will launch most-awaited “Kamyab Jawan Program” on Thursday (today) for the welfare of youth across the country.

The ceremony will be held at the Convention Centre Islamabad. The federal authorities have completed preparations for the formal inauguration of the program.

Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Usman Dar became active for the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) lending programme’s success and met various prominent leaders including Asad Umar, Jehangir Tareen, Faisal Javed and others yesterday.

The meetings were held to discuss the final preparations of the inauguration ceremony which would be attended by the central leadership of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), federal and provincial ministers and youth.

This program comprises two categories: In the first category, the youth will be provided with loans from 100,000 to 500,000 rupees to start their business whilst in the second category, the youth will be provided with loans from 500,000 to five million rupees.

Usman Dar had told media earlier that there was no proper mechanism to uplift the country s youth. He said the incumbent government has designed the National Youth Development Framework to mainstream the youth on an equal level.

Usman Dar said the government also devised state of the art digital platform for the youth to help them achieve their goals of a bright future. The special assistant further said that no amount of people’s tax is incurred on the programme as it is supported by the United Nations (UN) Development Programme.

He said National Youth Council has also been set up for the first time at government level.