KARACHI: Punjab Finance Minister Dr Aisha Ghaus has urged the private sector to generate more jobs to utilise skilled and talented manpower especially youth.
The provincial minister said this while addressing the third Employer of the Year Award Competition ceremony, where 33 winners were conferred awards in different categories. She said that more than two million youngsters needed to be provided employment, but they should be provided right education and skills, including technical and vocational training, to meet the requirement of employers and corporations.
Besides employment opportunities, employers and corporations should ensure conducive working environment, including basic rights and mandatory safety requirement of the employees at workplace, she said, adding that the employers should provide an opportunity of skill development to their workers for the best of their contribution in corporations and the economy.
The Employers’ Federation of Pakistan (EFP) presented awards to a number of national and multinational companies for their contribution towards creation of skilled workforce in Pakistan under its 3rd Employer of the Year Award-2014 Competition.
The competition was supported by the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Reform Support Programme, which is co-funded by the European Union, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Federal Republic of Germany, and being implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH in close coordination with National Vocational and Technical Training Commission (NAVTTC).
