Youth convention vows to ensure exchange of ideas

CHITRAL, Sept 30: At a youth convention held under the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme here on Monday, it was reaffirmed that promotion of mutual learning, sharing of knowledge and exchange of ideas and experiences will be ensured at the grass-roots level by the community leaders and the youth.

The ‘Enhancing employability and leadership for youth’ project of AKRSP will make initiatives and carry out interventions to achieve the objectives. The convention was addressed by DC Muhammad Shoaib Jadoon, AKRSP exponents Fazle Malik, Syed Sajjad Ali Shah, community leaders Sher Wali Khan Aseer, Zuhra, Amir Mohammad, Israruddin and others.

In the panel discussion, the challenges, opportunities and impediments for the promotion of youth were discussed and solution to the problems was sought in the perspective of public private partnership.

The DC appreciated the positive role of the local youth in the realm of development and said that they must be provided with platform to express them in a congenial atmosphere.

He said the establishment of youth centre and vocational training centre in the district had been approved by the government which will give a boost to the youth folk.–Zahiruddin