ISLAMABAD - Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Friday that the economic growth would help create new opportunities for the qualified people and reverse the brain drain from the country.
He was talking to a student delegation of the Institute of Business Management Karachi here at the Prime Minister Office.
The interaction was part of a series of meetings held under an initiative wherein students from various educational institutions are invited to the Prime Minister Office.
Replying to students' queries on health and education, the prime minister said that those areas had been devolved to the provinces under the 18th amendment. With greater financial allocations, it was now the responsibility of provinces to ensure the provision of quality education and health facilities in their respective domains, the premier said.
He said that the federal government was committed to providing every possible assistance to the provinces for promoting education and ensuring the provision of quality health facilities to the people.
The prime minister said that the world was taking a keen interest in the economic growth of Pakistan, keeping in view its huge market and the vast potential for further growth.
About climate change challenges and the issue of sustainability, the premier said that Pakistan was a responsible member of the international community. “Despite the country's low carbon emissions, the government had taken a number of steps including fuel replacement, conversion of furnace oil power plants to more efficient and environmental-friendly ones and the addition of solar energy to the existing energy-mix to further reduce the emissions,” he said.
Discussing the role of young entrepreneurs and professionals in addressing various challenges, the prime minister said that the private sector, being the engine of economic growth, needed to play a leading role towards that end. He said that universities should equip young minds with knowledge and cutting-edge technologies should steer the process and find a solution to the issues.
The premier advised the students to fully devote themselves to studies and equip themselves with latest knowledge and research.