Key points
- Premier urges provincial governments to address the challenge
- Pakistan recently organised “International Conference on Girls’ Education”
- Premier lauds resumption of flight operation of PIA to Paris
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday underlined the need for strong coordination between the federal and provincial governments to enrol the 22.8 million out-of-school children and achieve other objectives of the recently launched Education Emergency.
The premier, in his televised opening remarks at the meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by him, said that since education was a devolved subject, the federal government should aggressively work with the provincial governments to address the challenge of out-of-school children with a majority of them being girls.
Education sector
Shehbaz Sharif directed the federal education minister to enhance coordination with the provinces in the education sector. He lauded the federal education minister and secretary of education for organizing a commendable international conference on girls’ education in the Muslim world that garnered great experts who extended informed discourse over the matter.
The OIC Secretary General, foreign delegations, and education ministers from different Muslim nations had attended the conference that making the event a big success, he added.
Pakistan International Airlines
Shehbaz Sharif lauded the resumption of the flight operation of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to Paris and termed it a great achievement.
The premier also appreciated and felicitated the Aviation Minister and the entire cabinet members on this historic achievement and hoped for the resumption of flights operation to London as the government was expanding the PIA network routes.
Commenting on the new Pak-Iran border crossing in Panjgur, Shehbaz Sharif extended his gratitude to the Government of Iran for cooperating on the matter as it would help further curb smuggling and promote legal trade between the two nations.
Situation in Kurram
He told the cabinet members that the situation in Kurram had improved and the pickets formed earlier had been removed and supplies of essential items were revived.
“All stakeholders together will maintain peace and strive to suppress violence among the groups,” the premier remarked.
The armed forces, Shehbaz Sharif said under the leadership of the Army Chief had initiated anti-terror activities against Fitna Al Khawarij (terrorists).
In a recent intelligence-based operation (IBO), 27 terrorists were eliminated and many other IBOs were going on across the country as “the security forces are rendering great sacrifices that will result in the end of Fitna Al Khawarij. History will reckon these sacrifices in golden words.”
The premier concluded that the national task force formed for the transformation of the energy sector was aggressively working and preparing an elaborate roadmap for energy sector resilience.