Pakistan is included in those countries where the population of young generation is very high. According to Pakistan bureau of statistics approximately 60 percent of our population is below 30 years. Which have a big working asset for us but unfortunately in our country this young population is one of the huge parts of unemployment. The more shocking for us that a big ratio of unemployed youngsters is our graduates who completed their masters or MPhil, but they are not able to capture a job market. I think there are a few reasons who are responsible for it first it is a big mistake of our educational institutions who do not focus to build skills of our young students. They just focus to memorize the course work but do not provide them a basic skill like MS word, Excel, PowerPoint which is very useful for their practical life after their completion of degree. As a result, when he graduates, he has no knowledge about that how to make presentations, and how to use excel or PowerPoint which is a market requirement as a result this young person is not able to get job in a market. And moreover, many famous universities in Pakistan are coeducation where students mostly waste their time for extracurricular activities and do not focus on their studies and are not able to get a healthy CGPA after their completion of degree. As a result, they have no knowledge about their subjects which they studied in the last four years. So, companies will not hire that type of peoples they need a well-educated, and strong professional skills people who are suitable to run their institution and manage all the academic activities. In Pakistan I think government jobs are totally changing the mindset of our peoples. They just have a goal in their life to get a government job because it has many facilities like pensions, free health facilities, and some government institutions also provide a house or plot facilities to their employees. These things make the laziness of our nation that they do not do a productive work which is beneficial for our country as well as in our society. Our economy is totally struggling now we have a high import and a very low exports always we face a current account deficit problems and balance of payment crises which force us to take a loan of our neighboring countries. So, productivity is very important, but our nation is not able to produce anything our peoples just focus to protect their job and earn a handsome amount and get a car or houses and build their living standard. In developed countries when a child is 18 years old, he will go in a market and do some work and manage their expenses by owns elf. And do some productive work which is definitely fruitful for their country as well as for their society. But in contest of Pakistan our youngsters at the age of 25 to 30years they do not do any job and spend their time in studies they have no market experience as a result they become lazy and totally depend on their parents which lost their self-dependency and respect in society. Another reason is experiencing most institutions in Pakistan gave jobs vacancy to a highly experience persons which create a very less opportunities to these newly graduate youngsters. Even they have more theoretical knowledge as well as a highly skills to use a modern technology. The most important issue in Pakistan is lack of institutions in the last 50 to 60 years we are not able to build any institution like universities, or any public offices to create a jobs opportunity to our peoples but due to a less focus on these things we are badly failed to improve our employment ratio. Another reason for huge unemployment in Pakistan is political instability due to a changing of government day by day we are unable to continue our long-term policies as a result when any government has a vision to build any institution university or even hospital it dismissed within two to three years and a new government make their own policy and cancel all the contracts of the previous government. So, it’s a big problem for Pakistan due to its we are not able to develop our economic sector and less capital and resources we are unable to build institutions, and our unemployment is increase day by day. Another most common issue is Increasing population day by day it’s a huge burden for us that our resources are not increase our exports are in same position we have a very low economic growth huge poverty so how we provide a job to these new populations which increase day by day. Here I have a few recommendations that help to increase our employment ratio first government must monitor the university education and academic performance and build a institution which has a work to train universities to provide a different practical skills like AI tools, python, MS word, excel to develop their practical skills to compete in a market. Secondly market exposure these institutions also take the responsibility to provide a market exposure to their students which PIDE provide to their students. Third government must focus on our young population because they have more working capacity as compared to our adult person if we able to provide jobs to these youngsters they work hard still late at night which help to improve our productivity and increase our sustainable economic growth. Moreover, government also focus to give scholarships to these young students to go to abroad and get a handsome and quality degree which open the door of more employment opportunities of these young students. In the history of the world youngsters play a significant role to transform the system of the world we have an example of Addison, Elbertainstin these all are young when they contribute a positive impact in a society. And even in Japan Kachari Toyota who build the foundation of Toyota company at that time he was 27 years’ old and he made a company who has a billion of dollar a market shares in a world and it is a running engine of Japan economy. So why in a world the young population played a role to change the world the reason behind that the young mind has sharper, and more thinking capacity and they have more power as compared to adult person. That’s why in a world many companies hire the youngsters because they have more capacity to do extra work even in Japan in Toyota company many youngsters are working here which play a significant role in their productivity. But in case of Pakistan, we prefer experience and a Adult persons and give a very less opportunities to our youngsters in our country the big ratio of unemployment is our young population who have a degree in their hand but still find a job they are not able to get a job. And when this same person goes to abroad, he will get a job with a handsome salary because in these countries' productivity is important because they know that young people have more capacity as compared to adult. So, we must focus on our institutions like banks, offices and specially in our industries to hire these youngsters in banks or offices they may be less experience, but they have more knowledge as compared to experience person. But our industries will give a huge advantage to these youngsters their quality of products, and production capacity will increase as a result we export more items our current account will be surplus and overall, our economic growth will be high. As same in hospitals when we will give the opportunities of our young doctors they work hard because they have a new start of their job, so they work hard and maintain a better position in office. As a result, the whole health sector of our country will be better. We all know that in our country we have a very poor health sector in the last two weeks what happened in the PIMS hospital the 15 innocent newborn babies had died in fire incident just due to a mistake of few doctors who prefer to protect them first rather to protect these babies. So, it’s a big loss for us we do not need these doctors so here we must give an opportunity to our young doctors who freshly complete their degrees they must be honest and perform their work more professionally. So, I just recommend a few things for government that if we able to provide jobs for our youngsters in every field then we will be able to develop our every sector which help us to increase our GDP growth and our economy.
How government provide employment oppourtunities for youth
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- Pakistan Bureau of Statistics says approximately 60 percent of Pakistan's population is below 30 years, yet many young people remain unemployed, including master's and MPhil graduates.
- Universities focus on rote learning and neglect practical skills like MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint, leaving graduates without market-ready skills and often weak CGPAs.
- Pakistan lacked institution-building for the past 50 to 60 years, and political instability means government projects are dismissed within two to three years, hindering job creation.
- Author recommends government monitor universities, create training institutions to teach AI tools, Python, MS Word and Excel, and provide market exposure and scholarships abroad.
- In the past two weeks, 15 newborn babies died in a PIMS hospital fire incident.
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