PM's Digital Youth Hub launched

Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has launched PM's Digital Youth Hub, aimed at providing youth with invaluable environment and opportunities through engagement, employment, education and skill development.

Addressing the launching ceremony in Islamabad, he stressed to harness true potential of the youth by imparting them with training in modern technologies including Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Vocational Training.

The Prime Minister said modern technology is the prerequisite in the current global world and the Digital Youth Hub is the beginning of a bright future of the youth of Pakistan.

He said the Digital Youth Hub will serve as a unique platform for providing opportunities to the youth in getting higher education, employment, technology scholarships and skill development.

Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed his commitment to provide all possible resources to the Prime Minister's Digital Youth Hub initiative for empowerment of the young generation.

Terming the youth as a great asset of the country, he said with proper training in modern technologies, youth can be transformed into a valuable national resource.

He called upon the youth to actively pursue a life of dignity through consistent hard work and dedication, with special focus on getting modern education.

Shehbaz Sharif said the youth of Pakistan are the great challenge and opportunity, and there is need to polish this challenge and opportunity through latest technology. He said productive employment of youth is main target of the government through this portal.

The Prime Minister expressed his firm commitment to fight for the rights of youth, provision of education and modern training in collaboration with all the provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan.

Addressing the ceremony, Chairman Prime Minister's Youth Programme Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan termed youth as the driving force of nation's progress and the architects of a brighter future.  

He said the Digital Youth Hub is designed by using cutting-edge technology and global best practices.

Highlighting the key feature of the PM's Digital Youth Hub, the Chairman Prime Minister's Youth Programme said it is a data-driven and AI-based system, which will generate messages according to the experience and capability of the members. 

Rana Mashhood Ahmad Khan said the journey towards transforming the youth has been initiated. He said Digital Youth Hub is one of its own kind of portal which will reshape to the youth. He said through this portal, the young people will be given trainings as per the job requirements of the global market. 

Rana Mashhood reaffirmed the resolve to make the IT industry worth twenty-five billion dollars. He said through PM Digital Hub, the youth would take benefit in various sectors including sports, tourism, sports, IT, green economy and others.

In her remarks, United Nations International Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) Officer In-charge Sharmeela Rasool said it is platform of opportunity and hope. She said this programme is aimed at making the youth stronger and a productive people of the country.

Speaking on the occasion, United Nations Resident Coordinator, Muhammad Yahya said the Digital Youth Hub has been designed to make youth capable of exploring their capabilities. He said the launch of Prime Minister's Digital Youth Hub is the start of journey of development and prosperity for Pakistan.