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ISLAMABAD, Mar 4 (APP): Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) will
provide interest free loans to skilled, deserving and unemployed
youth on merit in each district throughout the country step by step.
In the first phase of this scheme, applications would be
received by the end of this month from three districts of the Punjab
including Lahore, Rawalpindi and Faisalabad, an official of MOHR
told APP on Saturday.
He said that the government was committed to provide
employment opportunities to the deprived segment of the society at
their door step.
He said that provision of interest free loans would not only help the
deserving and poor youth but would also support small scale
entrepreneurs in country, he shared.
As per the directive of the Prime Minister, Ministry of Human
was committed to support the youth without any discrimination and
irrespective of their cost, creed and religion as poor citizens had
the same rights on the public money and resources of the country, he
added.
He said the initiative would not only abolish the interest
system but also enable the people to earn livelihood for their
families.