SECP extends assistance in PMYA youth uplift programmes

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has agreed to extend assistance to Prime Minister Youth Affairs Programme (PMYA) for the economic uplift of the youth as well as for the promotion of entrepreneurship culture in the country.

According to an SECP official, the commission would take all possible and requisite measures to generate employment opportunities for the youngsters ready for employment.

He said that under Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme, the registration of new startup companies would be made through an online process to ensure transparency.

“SECP will ensure ease of doing business for the nascent companies to be registered in communication, tourism and postal sectors under Prime Minister’s Kamyab Jawan Programme,” he maintained.

The incumbent government of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, he said was committed to facilitating the youth both financially and socially in order to make them independent so they could play their due role for the development of the country.

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