RAWALPINDI: The macro-indicators are showing positive sign as GDP growth rate is also improving, Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) President Raja Amer Iqbal has said.
Giving a lecture at the School of Economics, Quaid-i-Azam University here, he said the government must invest in non-conventional sectors like Information Technology, Telecommunication and E-Commerce. Youth, he said, were the future of Pakistan and “we must invest in them.”
He urged the government to set a timeline to address the issue of unemployment in the country saying currently 2.7 million students were coming out of the universities with masters, MPhil and PhD degrees. “In next five years this number will jump to 7.1 million,” he added.
The RCCI President said there was a need to promote industrialization in the country to address the issue of unemployment..
