KARACHI: 45,000 jobs in six months

Published December 31, 2006

KARACHI, Dec 30: The government of Sindh will provide 45,000 jobs to the youngsters in the next six months. This was stated by the Sindh minister for local government, Muhammad Hussain Khan. He was speaking at an “open kutchery” in Malir Town, says a statement on Saturday.

The minister said the main reason of the street crimes was unemployment and that the government of Sindh was addressing this very problem.

For overcoming unemployment, he said 45,000 jobs would be made available to the youngsters in the next six months.

He said that uplift projects worth Rs55 billion were being executed which would help in overcoming the problem of unemployment soon.—APP

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