Bill to be moved in NA on joblessness

Published February 5, 2007

ISLAMABAD, Feb 4: A bill seeking government’s attention to the problem of unemployment will be submitted to the National Assembly on Tuesday.

Speaking at a press conference with members of the Unemployed Youth Movement at the Parliament Lodges here on Sunday, MNA Chaudhry Manzoor Ahmed said he would be submitting it as a private member bill.

He said internships being offered to postgraduates were injustice to millions of unemployed people.—Our Reporter

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