What Skills Will Matter Most for Pakistan’s Future Workforce?
Pakistan has one of the youngest populations in the world. UNDP’s National Human Development Report found that 64% of Pakistanis are under 30, and that figure has shaped every conversation about jobs since. A young population can power growth, but only if young people leave school and university with skills employers actually need. This guide […]
Why Access to Networks Matters for Young Entrepreneurs
Networks give young founders mentors, feedback, customers and information that skills training cannot supply alone. In Pakistan, access is uneven, so building relationships deliberately matters. Connections open doors but never guarantee funding, customers or success. A good idea and solid technical skills still leave a young founder with questions no course answers. Who will try […]
How Can Universities and Businesses Work Together to Prepare Young Talent?
The Education-to-Employment Gap A degree shows that a student can learn. It does not always show that the student can work. Many graduates find out what a workplace expects only after the convocation photographs: how to write a clear email, handle a client who changes the brief, or pick up a tool no syllabus mentioned. […]
Why Youth Opportunity Requires More Than Skills Training
Picture a young graphic designer who finishes a course, earns a certificate, and builds a decent portfolio. Then comes the part nobody trained her for: finding a first client, landing an interview, or asking a stranger for advice. The skill was real. The route to using it was missing. That gap between having a skill […]
What Makes a Youth Development Program Truly Effective?
Plenty of young people in Pakistan have sat through a workshop, collected a certificate and gone home with the same job prospects they arrived with. The session was fine. Nothing came after it. That gap separates a program that fills a calendar from one that changes a life. Here is what effective youth development programs […]
What Are the Biggest Opportunity Gaps Facing Young People in Pakistan?
The biggest opportunity gaps for young people in Pakistan are between skills and jobs, between ideas and funding, and between talent and the mentors or networks that open doors. Access is also uneven, especially for young women. Labour data show 12.8 percent youth unemployment and more than one in four young people outside work, education […]
How Syed Sadat Hussain Shah Is Supporting Youth, Innovation and Opportunity
Syed Sadat Hussain Shah supports youth, innovation, and opportunity by writing and advocating for a view of Pakistan’s economic future in which young people play a central role — through entrepreneurship, skills development, leadership, and participation in the broader economy, including through engagement with organizations such as YES Pakistan. Pakistan’s economic future depends heavily on […]
What Role Does YES Pakistan Play in Pakistan’s Youth Development?
According to its own pages, YES Pakistan (Youth Excellence Solidarity), an Al Sadat Group initiative, plays a connecting role in youth development: it links young Pakistanis with skill development, internships, startup funding, mentorship and ways to take part. That is a documented structure, not a proven record. YES Pakistan has published targets but no progress […]
How YES Pakistan Can Help Turn Youth Potential Into Practical Opportunity
Pakistan has no shortage of young talent. UNDP’s 2017 National Human Development Report found that 64 percent of Pakistanis were under 30. What a young person with ideas often lacks is the next step: a skill someone will pay for, a person to ask, a first project, a little capital. This article follows the path […]