Multan: Experts and academics called for equipping local youth with artificial intelligence, digital and entrepreneurial skills to help them compete globally and contribute to national development.
A seminar, titled “Skills for a Shared Future,” was organised in connection with World Youth Skills Day 2026 by the Young Pakistanis Organization Multan, Global Vision for Inclusive Progress Multan and Punjab Group of Colleges Multan at Punjab College, Mumtazabad.
It was presided over by Professor Osama Bashir Qureshi, Regional Director, Punjab Group of Colleges Multan.
Professor Dr Farid Sharif Farooqi, Director Public Instructions (DPI) Colleges South Punjab, Divisional Labour Officer Rana Muhammad Jamshed, CEO of Chaudhry Brothers Textile Mills Chaudhry Muhammad Zulfiqar Ali, and former Chairman Overseas Pakistanis Committee Makhdoom Shoaib Akmal Hashmi Qureshi attended as chief guests.
Addressing the seminar, the guests said that in view of rapidly changing global needs, equipping youth with modern skills, including artificial intelligence, digital technology and green economy competencies, had become essential. They stressed that young people should be trained not only in technical education but also in digital, creative, leadership, communication, social and entrepreneurial skills to enable them to play an effective role in the country’s progress.
Professor Osama Bashir Qureshi said Punjab Group of Colleges was taking comprehensive measures to equip youth with quality education alongside future-oriented skills, adding that youth were Pakistan’s valuable asset.
Young Pakistanis Organization Multan President Naeem Iqbal Naeem said the objective of World Youth Skills Day was to promote skills, innovation, self-employment, leadership and positive social roles among youth.
Principal of Punjab College Mumtazabad Professor Akbar Nadeem, educationist Professor Dr Riaz Hussain, social activist Sheikh Muhammad Mujahid, and Young Pakistanis Organization members Adeeb Ahmed, Humayun Wajid, Hafiz Muhammad Waqas Iqbal and Qari Muhammad Abdullah also attended.
At the conclusion, the youth reaffirmed their commitment to acquiring modern skills, using technology responsibly and serving society. Shields and mementos were presented to the guests, teachers and students with support from DSG Energy Private Limited Pakistan, Fourteen Street Pizza Multan, Multan Postgraduate College Multan and Care Cosmetics Pakistan.