Federal Minister for Climate Change and Environmental Coordination Dr Musadik Malik on Thursday stressed the need to provide greater opportunities to the youth to enable them to play an active and meaningful role in the country’s development.
Addressing the Leaders in Islamabad Summit – Sixth Session, titled from Strategic Relevance to National Advantage,” the minister said Pakistan’s future depended on creating an environment where young people could contribute their ideas, skills and energy to national progress.
He said the country needed to focus on people-centric development and ensure that citizens had access to basic facilities necessary for a dignified life.
Dr Musadik Malik emphasized that improving the quality of life of the people should remain at the centre of development policies, adding that the provision of basic amenities could bring meaningful and lasting improvements to communities.
He said greater opportunities should be created for the younger generation in education, skills development, employment and other areas so that they could become productive contributors to society.
The minister underlined the importance of making national development more inclusive by ensuring that people, particularly the youth, were given the space and opportunities to participate in the country’s economic and social progress.
He said effective utilization of the country’s human potential, coupled with better provision of basic services, could contribute significantly to strengthening the national economy and improving public welfare.
