Web Desk (LTN NEWS): In the “larger national interest,” Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered to talk to the opposition leaders. This came as political tensions rose, and the PTI planned a long march to Islamabad.
At a ceremony in Islamabad to announce scholarships and other opportunities for the country’s youth, PM Shehbaz pointed out that the Opposition had double standards because it had not been willing to talk to the parties in the coalition for the past four years.
He also said that it was a shame that the country had to waste billions of dollars by putting off building projects like the Neelum Jhelum hydro project and the Reko Diq mining project.
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During his speech, PM Shehbaz Sharif announced plans to give 20,000 young engineers internships and 75 students scholarships to study at the best universities in the world.
The Ministry of Planning and Development will run the youth initiatives, which include spending Rs 40 billion in the 20 most underdeveloped districts and building 250 mini-sports complexes.
The prime minister said that the programme would be made bigger and that more programmes for young people, who comprise a big part of the population, would be started.
He talked about the things he had done as chief minister of Punjab. He said that the PML-N government, which Nawaz Sharif led, had started different programmes to give millions of students a high-quality education, scholarships, and laptops.
The prime minister said that his provincial government set up the Punjab endowment fund and that high-achieving students were given scholarships worth Rs 20 billion over eight years.
He said that the federal-allied government kept Pakistan from going bankrupt and gave Rs 66 billion to flood-affected families through the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP).
People who were hurt by the floods were given food, water, medicine, blankets, tents, and mosquito nets, which cost billions of rupees, he said, adding that Pakistan’s friends, such as China, Turkey, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, helped Pakistani people who were hurt by the floods.
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