President Alvi advises youth to avail job opportunities in IT sector

KARACHI: President Dr Arif Alvi advised students to work hard and focus on IT education in the country to avail thousands of opportunities across the world.

The president was addressing the Presidential Initiative Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) Grand Entrance Test 2022 organised by Saylani Welfare International Trust (SWIT) at National Stadium on Sunday.

“There is a need of 8 crore of people having expertise in IT sector across the world,” the president said, adding that you would not have job but entrepreneurship opportunities. He informed that the government is extending all kinds of support to IT sector and the laws have been made to facilitate the growth of this sector.

President Arif Alvi mentioned the government had initiated some programs like Digital Skill Program which was free and imparts IT education through online classes and thousands of students had got benefits from this program and were earning in dollars.

“After completing your training or education in IT sector, you might need the financial support to start entrepreneurship,” he added, while suggesting the government has also launched Kamayab Jawan Program (KJP) to extend the financial support up to one million rupees.

He said in addition the government has opened the way for foreign investors and China wants to invest in Pakistani IT industry. He further added that youth of Pakistan were striving for knowledge and this was a changing Pakistan. “So let the youth forget other things and young people should only focus on their training and education,” he mentioned.

Highlighting the achievements of Pakistan Tahreek-e-Insaf (PTI) led government in the province, the President said that no polio case has been reported in the last year and it is because the government has taken some initiatives to control it.

Talking on the issues being faced by refugees across the world, the president said that the refugees had to suffer a lot because they were not allowed to enter the different countries but it was only Pakistan which allowed four million Afghan refugees living there for the last 40 years.

Speaking on the occasion, Chairman SWIT Maulana Bashir Ahmed Farooqui said that the main object of SWIT was to serve the people and the Trust was trying to do its best to support each person in the country.

“In the education, we are working to train the youth in IT sector as it can help develop the country through promoting the entrepreneurship in the country,” he said.

The representative of Presidential Initiative Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) Ziaullah Khan also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the importance of IT sector. More than 25000 students from different parts of Sindh province participated in the Presidential Initiative Artificial Intelligence and Computing (PIAIC) Grand Entrance Test 2022.