Ammar Sheikh LAHORE: Pakistan’s youth bulge is an asset but it also poses a unique challenge for the country, most prominently, its role in socio-economic uplift. For this, quality vocational training and education can engage the youth in a productive ...

Meeting with a group of women hailing from different areas of Balochistan in her office Sana Durrani Chairperson of Balochistan Women Business Association (BWBA) is a hope for women seeking to start their own business. Optimistically looking in her eyes ...

Born in Jalandhar, an oldest inhabited major city in the Indian state of Punjab, Rastgar was just two years when his parents moved to Pakistan in 1947. Jalandhar has undergone rapid urbanization and has developed into a highly industrialized center ...

LAHORE/KARACHI Ishrat Ansari ‘Skills training’ in renewable energy sector in Pakistan is gaining momentum; as the country is now focusing more on alternate means of energy to meet the growing demand. Senator Rukhsana Zuberi, who is President of Tech Education ...

Ishrat Ansari LAHORE/KARACHI In order to meet the challenges of modern times, technical training and skill development are the most important factors affecting any country’s economic progress. If industries insist on relying on traditional work ethics, they will lose a ...