So far 95,000 fresh graduates have been offered internship in reputed public and private sector organizations and departments under phase-I and phase-II of the prime minister’s youth training scheme. Majority of the successful interns have either got jobs or have started their own start-ups. An official of PM’s Youth Programme told APP that these interns are fresh graduates who have completed master’s and BS degrees from different universities across Pakistan. PML-N government launched the prime minister’s youth training scheme as one of the six component schemes of prime minister’s youth programme in April-May 2016 in order to provide professional training to fresh graduates to enable them grab productive and more rewarding jobs in the labor market. Graduates having completed 16 years of education, three-year diploma in associate engineering or Shahadat ul Aalmiya from Wifaq ul Madaras are offered 12-month paid internship at Rs 15,000 per month under the scheme. Published in Daily Times, May 28th 2018.