PM paid internship program receives overwhelming response of youth in KP
Prime Ministers paid internship program has received an overwhelming response from youth of Khyber Pakthunkhwa including merged tribal districts, terming it an excellent opportunity for hundreds of thousands of fresh graduates and diploma holders to get required experiences in competitive working environment.
As many as 60,000 paid internships have been announced by federal government for youth of Pakistan including Khyber Pakthunkhwa in Public Sector Development Projects (PSDP), government, private and development departments under Prime Ministers youth development programme.
Under the landmark program, 20,000 internships would be provided in PSDP and 40,000 in government, private and development departments for a period of six months to one year. Beneficiary would receive Rs25,000 to Rs40,000 per month scholarship besides required work experience in an excellent environment from top professionals and experts.
Prime Ministers youth development program is an umbrella project covering 15 programs including a paid internship program launched for youth of Pakistan. Under this historic program, as many as 15 initiatives including Prime Ministers Youth Laptop Program, Ba-Ikhtiyar Naujawan Internship Program, and 5,000 scholarships for students in Balochistan and erstwhile FATA were also announced by federal government for the economic empowerment of youth.
Providing an excellent opportunity to the young generation to excel in studies viz a viz choice professions, program would help equip youth with all necessary skills and expertise to compete at local and international levels