Program Executive of Prime Minister’s Startup Pakistan Program Shahzad Gul called on Prof. Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh, President International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) at his Office here at Faisal Masjid Campus of university on Friday.
During the meeting issues of mutual interest discussed while both sides agreed to enhance bilateral cooperation, progress and empowerment of youth. Shahzad Gul briefed that after long and progressive efforts, first program of PM Kamyab Jawan Program had been launched by Prime Minister Imran Khan for socio economic empowerment of youth. Kamyab Jawan was an eco-system development focusing on youth skills enhancement, helping them to build the entrepreneurship career and to support them through a financial graduation program. Shahzad Gul said that launch of Kamyab Jawan Program will pave the way towards PM’s Startup Pakistan Program which aimed to provide the entrepreneurs access to foreign and international investors through the exposure of innovations, skills, techniques and inventions. We are connecting online community of students, alumni, researchers and industry to encourage collaboration in developing innovation driven enterprises. It would also offer support business incubation center workshops, one-on-one mentoring and give guidelines to the students by connecting the incubator to a global pool of investors.
He added that a digital platform for socio economic empowerment of youth had been developed. There was a huge youth population in Pakistan, and it was important to address their issues while the government has given a priority to youth to make them economically strong which was essential for the welfare and development of Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Ahmed Yousif Al-Draiweesh lauded role of government’s initiatives launched for youth development and empowerment and said that youth participation in the economic race of any country was indicative of national development. University is a huge platform for supporting such initiatives and IIUI leadership will play its pivotal role for the success of all such programs for empowerment of youth he added.
President highlighted various programs being offered at university for youth and shared vision and objectives of IIUI. At the end of meeting a university crest was present to Shahzad Gul by the President, IIUI.