Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Program

Pakistan currently has the largest population of young people ever recorded in its history. It is one of the youngest countries in the world and second youngest in the South Asian region after Afghanistan. Of the country’s total population 68 percent are below the age of 30, and 32 percent are between the ages of 15-29 years. It is the central agenda of PTI Government ensure Socio-Economic empowerment of youth national and international level. Post devolution Ministry of Youth Affairs on Federal level was abolished and fully transferred to the Provinces. There was no one to raise vocals for youth problems and their rights at the Federal Level. On coming to power Prime Minister Imran Khan made one core objection the highest priority, i.e. youth empowerment on national level. Keeping this perspective in mind the Prime Minister appointed Usman Dar as Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs and created a Youth Affairs wing under his own supervision in the Prime Minister’s Secretariat. In order to accomplish this vision of the Prime Minister, the SAPM set out on a massive consultation dialogue process at local, provincial, national and international level to understand the problems being faced by the youth of Pakistan and international best practices to resolve them. This process resulted in the creation of National Youth Development Framework (NYDF), developed on the basic principles of 3Es: Education, Employment and Engagement. Keeping these 3Es as vital concern, our government has designed a comprehensive program named “Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Program”. For the very first time in Pakistan, through the platform of PM Kamyab Jawan, the government has created opportunities to open the doors of socio-economic empowerment of youth.