PM urges strong coordination to enroll 22.8mn out-of-school children

January 14, 2025 (MLN): Strong coordination between the federal and provincial governments is essential to enroll the 22.8 million out-of-school children and achieve the other objectives of the recently launched education emergency, according to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The prime minister, in his televised opening remarks at the meeting of the federal cabinet chaired by him, said that education was a devolved subject, according to APP.

He emphasized that 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.

He directed the federal education minister to enhance coordination with the provinces in the education sector.

The prime minister lauded the federal education minister and secretary of education for organizing a commendable international conference on girls’ education in the Muslim world.

The conference garnered great experts who extended informed discourse on the matter.

The OIC Secretary General, Saudi delegation, and education ministers from different Muslim countries had participated in the conference making the event a big success, he added.

PM Shehbaz also appreciated the resumption of the flight operation of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to Paris and termed it a great achievement.

He appreciated and felicitated the Aviation Minister and the entire cabinet members on this achievement and expressed the hope for resumption of flight operations to London as the government was expanding PIA network routes.

The prime minister expressed gratitude to the Government of Iran for its cooperation on the new Pak-Iran border crossing in Panjgur.

He highlighted that this development would help further curb smuggling and promote legal trade between the two neighboring countries.

The prime minister told the cabinet members that the situation in Kurram had improved and the pickets formed earlier had been removed and supplies of essential items was revived.

“All stakeholders together will maintain peace and strive to suppress violence among the groups,” he remarked.

The armed forces, he 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 ongoing across the country.

"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", he added.

The prime minister 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.

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