Sindh Youth Affairs Department in collaboration with British Council and The Capacity Builders has initiated Rs 20 million youth-to-youth project for developing leadership, capacity building and to exploring the talent of youth. This was stated by Sindh Minister for Youth Affairs Faisal Ali Sabzwari while speaking at the launching of Youth-to-Youth project at a local hotel Monday. Secretary Youth Affairs Shoaib Siddiqui, director Khurshid Ali Shaikh Mashhood Rizvi of British Council and concerned officials were also present on the occasion. The minister said that this project was aimed at boosting self confident and decision making among youth and let them use of their abilities for problem solution. He said that absence of platform, lack of decision, uncertainty and dearth of self confidence for facing challenges were the major problems of today’s youth. “Youth Affairs Department has chalked out a plan to assemble youth from urban and rural areas at one platform and provide them training so that they can go to their respected areas and talk to the youth and resolve their problems”, he added. Secretary Youth Affairs said that “Think Tank” of the Department has devised solutions to the problems facing youth in the province and these methods will create self confidence and power of decision making among youth. Director Youth Affairs Khurshid Ali Shaikh said that Pakistan has the largest population of youth therefore, they are facing numerous problems. Under the project, 40 selected youth from five regions will be trained for training 4000 youth of their respected areas.
14-year-old child
goes missing
LARKANA
NNI
A 14-year-old child went missing since long about 60 days, Shafique a biscuits/cake hawker on the eve of anniversary of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto on April 04 at Garhi Khuda Bux was gone earning for livelihood could not back yet. In a Press Club Larkana, his relative and first cousin Sadiq Ali Khuhawar told this scribe that a teenage Shafique S/o Huzoor Bux Khuhawar still gone missing on the eve of Z. A Bhutto death anniversary on April 04, 2012, he was gone for selling biscuits/cakes to earn something for his family was alone supporter, because his father was died few years back he told. He said his mother and sister waiting for him since long but no way out of his clue after great search in Larkana and other districts as well. He appealed the DIG Larkana, SSP Larkana, Child Rights Organizations and higher authorities to investigate and recover his child still missing in Larkana. He also appealed the Chief Justice, President of Pakistan, Prime Minister and Chief Minister Sindh to issue the strict orders of recovery of teenage innocent poor boy.
