KARACHI: In a landmark move, Governor Kamran Tessori on Friday launched a scheme under the “Governor Sindh Initiative” to provide financial assistance to the unemployed youth of the city for starting their own businesses.

At a press conference, he announced that an amount of Rs100,000 to Rs10 million would be provided to young unemployed people who came forward with viable proposals for starting their own businesses.

He advised the youth of the city to come with their proposals and ideas, assuring them of full financial support and cooperation for the businesses.

Mr Tessori said that overseas Pakistanis, affluent businessmen and certain non-governmental organisations had assured him of providing funds for the youth of the city. “I invite everyone to present their business proposals and submit them to the Governor House,” he said, adding that he wanted the young educated people to be job givers and not the seekers.

The governor said the feasibility of the proposal would be done by experts and the money would be given to the aspiring young businessmen on merit in a transparent manner.

In reply to a question, he said the Governor House’s IT programme would be extended to other parts of Sindh and donors for organising IT courses in six other districts were available.

Answering another question, he said that a fund had been created for the employment scheme. “All my initiatives are trusted by the prime minister,” he added.

The governor vowed that he would continue to serve people despite conspiracies against him.

Published in Dawn, April 27th, 2024