MQM wants BBSYDP under Youth Affairs Dept
Yasir Babbar
KARACHI: Provincial Youth Affairs Department has suggested Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah to put Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Youth Development Programme (BBSYDP) under its administrative control.
PPP-led government had started the BBSYDP across the country soon after its inception. In Sindh, first it was under the Technical Education Department and later Sindh chief minister put the programme under his charge.
“The Youth Affairs Department wrote a number of letters to chief minister in the past and recently again such proposal was submitted so far there is no progress,” sources told PPI.
“The BBSYDP is purely for the development and training of youth of the province, so it’s the subject of Youth Affairs Department so kindly put this programme under the concerned department,” a recent letter stated.
When contacted on telephone on Sunday, Youth Affairs Minister Faisal Sabzwari, belonging to Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), confirmed this and said, “I tried hard to bring the BBSYDP under the Youth Affairs Department, but the government did not allow, although it is supposed to be under Youth Affairs Department.”
He said, “I have been trying to convince the government to take some drastic measures to enable the youngsters to progress,” and claimed, ”I was the one who brought the idea of Provincial Internship Programme, which later on they adopted in BBSYDP.”
He contended that management of BBSYDP has not created good graduates, as majority of students are not trained according to the market demands.
He added that the idea behind internship programme was to enable the youth to be able to learn the skills, and be able to earn their livelihood.
It may be mentioned that in Sindh the programme aims to provide opportunities for skill development to approximately 100,000 semi-literate and educated unemployed youth every year for a period varying between three months to one year. The unemployed youth are offered various skill development opportunities and job oriented certification courses to adapt to local and international job markets. pp
The Fort of DIJI ( Kotdiji Jo Qilo)
The Fort of DIJI ( Kotdiji Jo Qilo), about 200 years old archiliogical place situated at District Kher Pur Mir's Of Sindh. This pr-historical place is going to destroy day by day but govt has no time to look after it. (Picture by Yasir Babbar)
