PM Shehbaz announces 100,000 laptops for Pakistan’s youth
At a time when jobs are being snatched on daily basis, when people are afraid to see thier family starving and when the PM says in his lavish airconditioned office that these are austerity measures, giving away horde of laptops spell nothing but another nail in the coffin of economy.
The PM announced that the federal government would distribute 100,000 laptops among top achieving youth across the country, purely on merit.
Addressing a ceremony for cheque distribution among the beneficiaries of the Prime Minister Youth Loan Program, he said “those who used to criticise the laptop scheme in the past should have witnessed that the very laptops helped the youth earn sustenance, particularly during the Covid pandemic.”
“I am giving laptop, not Kalashnikov,” the prime minister remarked.
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He further stated that the country’s progress was linked to the success of the Youth Loan Program which, besides supporting the unemployed youngsters, also benefited the national economy.
“If provided with ample opportunities, Pakistan’s youth will take the country to new heights.”
He said the loan scheme was the continuation of the PM Youth Loan scheme launched in 2013 by then prime minister Nawaz Sharif.
PM Shehbaz recalled that CM Youth Loan Scheme was also launched in Punjab and 75,000 youth were also given vehicles on loan.
