LAHORE - Chief Minister Punjab Shahbaz Sharif has condemned the practice of holding fake degrees saying he would never defend such people. The CM was addressing the Youth Commission Conference on the second and last day here on Saturday. He said, however, politicians were not angels after all they too are human beings. He said the founder of fashioning the practice of holding fake degrees was a dictator who in his own interest encouraged the members to amend the laws. Shahbaz stressing on achieving financial autonomy and independence said it was pity that just for the sake of $1.5 billion Pakistan accepted the slavery of IMF. About the upcoming Punjab budget, he said, the government is going to introduce Youth Employment Fund and the amount of Punjab Education Endowment Fund is also being raised to Rs6 billion. At the same he regretted the fact that 50 per cent of the budgetary money went to the commissions and expressed his resolve to curb this menace with the help of all. The CM also expressed his commitment to make the sasti roti scheme a complete success. He said no voice was raised against those who committed a dacoity in the Bank of Punjab, looted national recourses and got waived off loans worth billions of rupees but whenever welfare steps are being taken for the poor, criticism is started. He said no one can even think to deprive the poor people of their livelihood during this price-hike and the nefarious designs of those criticising the Sasti Roti scheme will be foiled by making this scheme a success and the young generation will work shoulder to shoulder with him in this welfare programme. He said that the new generation is the hope of bright future of Pakistan and the entire nation is confident that it will bring out the country from the crises by utilising all its energies. The CM announced making Punjab Youth Commission a formal institution and allocating Youth Employment Fund in the provincial budget. Provincial Ministers, MNAs, MPAs, Senators, vice chancellors, principals, headmasters, teachers, educationists, intellectuals, columnists, 360 members of Punjab Youth Commission belonging to 36 districts and large a number of male and female students attended the ceremony. He said Pakistan had been achieved after numerous sacrifices and it will be made a great welfare state in the real sense. But the way motherland was ruined during the last 63 years, no enemy could not even think of it, he added. He said that today Pakistan is facing a number of problems, depending upon others and taking dictation from them has become a routine matter. He said that now 63 years have become part of the history and there is no use of crying over the wastage of time but we have to march forward by learning from our mistakes and have to mould the country in accordance with the ideals of Quaid-e-Azam and Allama Iqbal and future builders will have to play their key role for this purpose. He said we have to realise the labourers, farmers and workers that they have as much right on the sources of Pakistan as have elite. He said if we have to put the country on the road to progress then we will have to ensure provision of education, health and other facilities to all without any discrimination from Khyber to Karachi and it is only possible when experienced persons and the youth will make efforts jointly.