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Express Tribune
26-05-2025
- Politics
- Express Tribune
Discourse on creativity touches sensitive topics
The three-day 'Youth Empowerment Summit', organised in Hyderabad by the Sindh Sports and Youth Affairs Department, concluded on Sunday, with participants in the technical sessions shedding light on creativity, artificial intelligence and digital media. The Secretary Sports and Youth Affairs Abdul Aleem Lashari closed the event by distributing shields and certificates. Speaking in the session Creativity for Peace' journalist Shahzeb Jillani lamented that the people in Pakistan's region have developed an indifference to the topics of violence, hatred and war. Intellectual and poet Yousuf Bashir Qureshi said that society instills fear in people through authority figures like God, elders, teachers, and other powerful individuals which affects creativity. Civil society activist and intellectual Jami Chandio argued, "Democracy isn't just elections or casting the votes. It is about an environment where freedom of expression, intellectual freedom and human rights are protected." Famous singer Saif Samejo observed that a serious lack of leadership existed in the society alongside institutional weaknesses. Sindhi language expert, engineer and lexicographer Amar Fayaz Buriro, who was among the panelists in the session dubbed 'Artificial Intelligence: A Whole New World', drew attention towards the merits and demerits of AI. He believed that a vast majority of the global population has begun to become affected by the AI which will entail redundancy for many. Noushad Ranani, Muhammad Farrukh Khan and Mehboob Shar also expressed their views. The last session was titled Digital Media for Economic Empowerment.
Express Tribune
18-04-2025
- Health
- Express Tribune
Sindh youth to travel abroad for education, jobs
Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah held separate meetings with Rana Mashhood, Chairman of the Prime Minister's Youth Programme, and the Federal Minister for Religious Affairs to discuss matters relevant to their domains. In his meeting with Rana Mashhood, the CM discussed strengthening coordination between the Prime Minister's Youth Programme and the Sindh Sports and Youth Affairs Department. They agreed that through this collaboration, youth from Sindh would have the opportunity to travel to different countries for employment, educational exchanges, and exposure visits. Mashhood briefed the chief minister on the newly launched Digital Youth Hub, an initiative designed to connect youth with employment opportunities in both the public and private sectors. He shared the vision of sending skilled Pakistani youth abroad for work and highlighted the global demand for trained professionals from Pakistan. Anti-polio campaign The chief minister, presiding over a meeting of the Provincial Task Force for Polio Eradication, said that the province has reported four polio cases in 2025, compared to 23 in 2024 and 2 in 2023, therefore, there is a need for enhanced coordination across all districts in preparation for the upcoming National Immunisation Days (NIDs) scheduled from April 21 to 27, 2025. "Our efforts this year must be focused on ensuring that every child receives the anti-polio vaccine," he said. Provincial Health Minister Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho informed the meeting that four current cases have been identified in Badin, Larkana, Kambar, and Thatta dsitricts. Dr Azra Pechuho highlighted the need for sustained follow-up in communities affected by misinformation. IFC delegation The chief minister met a delegation of International Finance Corporation (IFC), at the CM House. The delegation was led by Ms Linda Rudo Munyengeterwa, Director for Public-Private Partnerships, Privatisations & Corporate Finance Advisory, IFC Global, to discuss urban mobility, water, and sanitation projects.
