CM orders construction of girls’ hostel at University of Sahiwal

Business Recorder · 16/10/2026، 11:52:07 PM

LAHORE: The Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has said that skilled workers going abroad would be provided assistance, including tickets. She said the government was empowering youth through AI tools and had trained 500,000 young people under the skills development programme over the last two years. She directed the authorities concerned to take steps for the construction of a girls’ hostel at the University of Sahiwal and the restoration of scholarships for nurses. Addressing a ceremony for the distribution of laptops and Honhaar Scholarship cheques at the University of Sahiwal, the chief minister congratulated the students and their parents and paid special tribute to the teachers of the talented recipients. Maryam Nawaz Sharif said the day was an occasion to pay tribute to parents whose sacrifices had enabled their children to reach this stage. “I salute the parents who have given the nation a talented generation to be proud of,” she said. She said that, for the first time, nurses and students of religious seminaries had also been included in government schemes. Under the Work for Punjab programme, university graduates were being offered internships with monthly stipends of Rs60,000 to Rs65,000. The government was also considering assigning responsibilities to graduates of schools, colleges and universities. She said facilities, including washrooms, drinking water and artificial intelligence tools, were being developed in educational institutions across Punjab. She praised Education Minister Rana Sikandar for undertaking various initiatives, including the development of a new syllabus. She said she had personally interviewed candidates in batches of 10 before appointing vice chancellors on merit at every university in Punjab. “I do not accept recommendations even if they come from my own home,” she said. Maryam Nawaz Sharif said urban beautification was not the exclusive right of Lahore, adding that Sahiwal, Okara and Pakpattan deserved the same atte