Industry to provide 15,000 jobs to youth, says CM’s aide

SWABI: Adviser to the chief minister on industry Abdul Karim has said about 15,000 jobless educated youth will get employment in the industrial sector, enabling them to earn their livelihood with dignity and honour.

Addressing a function in Chota Lahor here on Monday, he said Prime Minister Imran Khan had asked his ministers and advisers to deliver according to the people’s expectations.

He claimed that the country’s economy was improving as all the indicators were encouraging. “Incentives given to the entrepreneurs by the government will prove beneficial for the country’s feeble industrial sector.”

Mr Karim said initiation of work on the Rashakai Economic Zone would hugely benefit the districts of Mardan, Nowshera and Swabi. Former tehsil nazim Sohail Khan and other PTI leaders also spoke on the occasion.

In a separate development, 70 local leaders and workers of Awami National Party joined the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf in Yar Hussain region on Monday. They made the decision at a function. Yar Hussain area is considered a stronghold of ANP.

PTI leaders welcomed the new entrants to the party, saying they won’t be disappointed.