HYDERABAD: Jamaat-e-Islami Emir Hafiz Naeemur Rehman has said that forces exploiting Muhajir and Sindhi nationalism to pit people against each other have jointly ruled Sindh for the last four decades, while deliberately ignoring the younger generation.
He expressed these views while addressing a Bano Qabil event at a public school in Latifabad, Hyderabad.
The event was organised under the auspices of the Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan, the JI’s welfare wing, where thousands of boys and girls appeared in entry tests for free IT courses.
Addressing the gathering, he said that nearly 30 million children aged between five and 15 years were deprived of education in the country, and the rulers had intentionally neglected Generation Z.
He noted that around 65 per cent of Pakistan’s population was under the age of 30, and if provided with opportunities, these youths could acquire IT education and significantly boost the country’s IT exports, which, he said, were currently negligible.
He urged the youth to benefit from Alkhidmat’s free IT courses, gain education and skills, and join the JI in the struggle to get rid of an outdated system and imposed ruling classes.
He announced that a state-of-the-art campus for vocational training and IT courses would be established in Hyderabad.
Rehman also demanded that the University of Sindh, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and other universities be upgraded.
He called on the Sindh government to establish a new university in Hyderabad, a city with a population of 2.1 million, and set up a separate university for women.
He praised the Alkhidmat Foundation’s Z-Connect programme, stating that its registrations had reached 1.3 million, with a target of 2 million. Under the programme, boys and girls would receive free IT training, skill development opportunities, moral education and access to sports activities.
He announced that the Jamaat-e-Islami and Alkhidmat Foundation would soon launch an interest-free loan scheme for youth to start small businesses.
