ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Thursday inaugurated the Digi Skills program, aimed at training one million youth through online modules.
While addressing the inaugural ceremony of Digital Skills Program in Islamabad, the prime minister said the present government had delivered in many fields by building motorways, ports, airports and establishing power plants but the advancement in the Information Technology sector was the most important contribution in the last five years.
The prime minister said the Digi Skills program would equip the youth to get online jobs and earn money through a nontraditional way. He said he had full faith in the youth of the Country, and expressed the confidence that the girls especially would lead in the E-Commerce and Digital Skills.
Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said the world was changing fast today due to revolution in Information Technology. He said the government’s responsibility was to fully facilitate the private sector to take the initiative and lead the way. He said the government on its part was committed to ensure availability of broadband in every inch of the Country and facilitate E-Commerce.
Earlier in her address at the ceremony, the Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecommunications Anusha Rehman said the Digi Skills program was an important program of Information Technology.
Anusha Rehman said the program would create online employment opportunities to enable youth to earn US $200 to $300 per month. She said with the help of this program, youth from across the Country would be providing their services to the entire world. She said one million youth of Pakistan could get benefits from the program.
The minister said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had a manifesto to bring technology into use for creating employment opportunities in the Country and now the dream was getting materialized.
The state minister further said Pakistan was emerging as an IT-leader in the world. She said the government was committed to enlighten the future of our young generation with the use of latest technology.
