KARACHI: (daily paklish): Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Engr Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that Pakistan belongs to the youth and advised them to resort to entrepreneurship, startups and businesses, becoming those who provide livelihood opportunities, instead of relying heavily on jobs for their livelihood.
He expressed these views while addressing the youth in Karachi at the Youth Summit held at the Expo Centre, here on Tuesday night. The summit featured carrier zone, start up and innovation zone, youth talent showcase arena, panel discussions and many more activities.
Speaking on the occasion, he said that the Pakistani society was clearly divided into two segments; the common men, usually salaried, low income and or service providers tax payers and the other was elite.
He added that 650 to 700 billion rupees tax was paid by the salaried class whereas the landlords across the country collectively paid just Rs12 billion in taxes. The middle class has rapidly shrunk in the country, he said.
“I want to tell the youth that the cult politics lead to nowhere,” he said and urged them to play their due role for the country and the society.
Talking about the petroleum development levy, he said that the extortion tax would not be tolerated and the government will have to withdraw it.
On the occasion, he shed light in detail on the contribution of Alkhidmat for the society and particularly the advancement in BanoQabil.
JI Karachi Ameer Monem Zafar also addressed the ceremony. He said that some 22.5 million youngsters live in Karachi. He further said that bad governance had ruined the city. The education opportunities for youth have been shrinking in the mega city, he said, adding that nature blessed Pakistan with all types of resources but the bad governance only produced feudal lords and white collar criminals. He urged the youth to raise question over the system as it was their due right.
Alkhidmat CEO Naveed Ali Baig said the Youth Summit was held as a message of hope for the youth. Talking about the impact of BanoQabil, he said the Pakistani freelancers had been contributing by 250 to 300 million US dollars a few years ago and now the bar was set above one billion dollars after BanoQabil pumped over one hundred thousand fresh freelancers in the market. Alkhidmat signed MoU with China’s Alibaba to offer free courses to the youth, he said.