Karachi
PPI
More than half of youths aged between 15-29 years are out of the labour force and only eight percent of them are self-employed with a high degree of gender disparity, stated speakers at Provincial Youth Panel Discussion Prospects of Peace and Social Cohesion in Sindh.
The discussion was organized by Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) at PILER Centre Karachi and attended by a large number of youth of the province.
The speakers included Noor Ahmed Solangi, ADOE, Gadap Town, Sindh Education Department, Ms Naghma Iqtidar, researcher at Karachi University, Zulfiqar Shah, Joint Director, PILER, Rafique Channa, Manager, PFF, Zohaib Kaka, Sindh University, Bhit Shah, Muhammad Hanif, Radio Pakistan and others.
Female inactivity in the province was very high (91.5 percent) in 2006-07, the official statistics indicated.
The speakers asked to make the new Youth Policy of Sindh participatory, by incorporate the recommendations of the youth of rural areas as well. They said Sindh has lower multi dimensional poverty indices as compared to other provinces. The gap between urban and rural indices is wider at 13.6 percent in urban and 78.21 percent in rural areas, which indicates that rural areas of Sindh are in extreme poverty and facing multiple deprivations.
The districts of Tharparkar, Thatta, Badin, Jacobabad, Ghotki, Mirpurkhas, Sanghar and Shikarpur are the most deprived districts of Sindh. The youth have to play their effective role in restoration of peace in the society through organizing healthy activities. The peace can be restored by brining youth of various communities closer to each other and encouraged to participate in each other’s social and cultural activities.
