ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the government will facilitate small and medium businesses for job creation in the country.
Addressing the cheques distribution ceremony of PM’s Kamyab Jawan Program in Islamabad today (Friday), he said transparency in this program is of utmost importance in order to meet the expectations of the people.
He said 1 to 1. 5 million youth applied for loans in this program in a short period of time, of which 190,000 were women which shows the success of the program.
The Prime Minister said active participation of women in business activities is a good omen for the country. He said it is the government’s job to remove obstacles in the way of business.
The Prime Minister said small and medium industries employ a large number of people and play an important role in the economic development of the country.
Highlighting the importance of the tourism business in the country, he said Pakistan is blessed with many beautiful and scenic places and local youth can get benefit by creating new tourism-related businesses to attract domestic and foreign tourists. It will also help in generating revenue and foreign exchange reserves.
Imran Khan said it is just the beginning and scope of such programmes will be expanded in future.
