Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed promoting entrepreneurship and innovation to help the country come out of financial constraints.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have long been convinced that for Pakistan to break out of the economic straitjacket, it is vital to promote programs that aim at nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation in areas that are critical to our socio-economic development,\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n
PM Sharif expressed his \u201cunwavering faith\u201d in the competence and capability of our talented youth to break the glass ceiling and pave the way for a prosperous future for the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is always thrilling to meet our brilliant youth,\u201d he said as he mentioned yesterday\u2019s launch of PM\u2019s National Innovation Award celebrating the potential of youth to offer creative ideas that can be translated into impactful ventures.<\/p>\n
\u201cOut of 20,000 applicants, 100 brilliant young people have been awarded a cash grant of Rs. 160 million,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He highlighted that the award goes up to Rs. 2 million depending upon the exceptional nature of the ideas on offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday stressed promoting entrepreneurship and innovation to help the country come out of financial constraints. \u201cI have long been convinced that for Pakistan to break out of the economic straitjacket, it is vital to promote programs that aim at nurturing entrepreneurship and innovation in areas that are critical to our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338895,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-338877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n