KARACHI, May 5 (APP)- Chief Minister and President PPP Sindh, Syed Qaim Ali Shah has said that youth and students are the PPP’s assets.

“Their responsibilities have grown after the elections and they have to work hard to solve the problems of people”, he said in separate meetings with delegations of PPP Sindh Youth Organization and Peoples Students Federation at Chief Minister House on Sunday night.

They have to serve the people and a lesson in this regard they have inherited from Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Benazir Bhutto, he said and added that on one hand we have expectations from the party while on the other party has the same from us.

He pointed out that present government is making efforts on priority basis to end unemployment while Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has already made a policy announcement.

Qaim Ali Shah informed that advertisements have been published in newspapers for lower grade jobs in the health and education departments and applications thereof are being received.

He said that it has been decided to launch a six month training program for jobs for unemployed youth during which the Inter passed youth would be paid Rs 4000 and graduates and post-graduates Rs 6000 per month. He said on completion of training they will be sent abroad.

He recalled that Shaheed Z.A. Bhutto had sent thousands of workers and youth abroad for jobs during his government while Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani had announced that at least one family member in each house would be provided job.

“It is the responsibility of all of us to strive for a better life for poors and elimination of unemployment”.

He declared that a significant change will take effect during the 5 year tenure of awami rule and people would march towards prosperity and progress.

He told the delegations that Faisal Raza Abidi has been given the assignment of reorganization of Youth Wing in the Province and activities of this wing and SPSF would be run in an organised manner through consultation.

The meeting was informed that besides holding monthly meetings, the Youth Wing will also organise a seminar every month in relation to Shaheed Benazir Bhutto and first seminar will be held in Karachi while a cricket tournament will be organised in Hyderabad in memory of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto.

It was informed that Peoples Youth Wing has installed two electric water coolers at the mazar of Shaheed Quaid Benazir Bhutto.

Besides Provincial Minister Rafiq Engineer, the meeting was attended by Advisor Rashid Rabbani, PPP leaders Nafis Siddiqi, Waqar Mehdi, Faisal Raza Abidi, central President Youth Wing Ajiz Dhamrah, Senior Vice-President Bashir Memon, General Secretary Akram Iqbal, Tanvir Arain, Yasin Sehar, Akhtar Panhwar, Fida Hussain Dhakkan, Sharif Mirani (Larkana), Qazi Abdul Sami (Sukkur), Ahsan Ali Abro ((Hyderabad), Amir Shah (Karachi Division), Tharo Khan Panhwar (Mirpurkhas) and Saeed Ghani (Karachi).

The 12-member delegation of Peoples Students Federation was led bits Central President Suleman Dashti.

Earlier fateha was offered for the departed soul of Shaheed Quaid Benazir Bhutto.

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