Give them a break

The creation of employment, and the establishing of manufacturing industries. The Stock exchange was hyped as being the most successful with everyone looking for a piece of the action. Our governors of the States Bank, and our minister, President Musharraf all cited the performance of the Exchange as our barometer. Our manufacturing was ignored, and it actually came near to collapse.

We have a huge pool of unemployed youth, who must be accommodated, and it is the field of small manufacturing industries that must be encouraged, and machinery should be given to these youngsters on a priority basis. Instead of giving them capital, give them machines to produce  engineering goods with an export potential. For the small yet brilliant trader in the Karachi market a source of capital, to make him grow. I am confident that the youth of Pakistan deserves a direction and access to capital, and he will succeed. He is very hard working, and is known to have succeeded in the most difficult of environments, and in the teeth of competition even against the formidable Hindus.

Mr Tareen you got to your position through hard work. Now is the time for you to offer the youth of Pakistan an opportunity for them to try their hand. Start a venture Capital fund, so that they can have the access to funding. It is the poor who are desperate to make it, and they will try harder than most fat cats. They need the break, and you will have created many Bill Gates, and many new fortunates. Of everyone that I know success has come about through hard work - and an opportunity. Yours is a prime example. This is the biggest favour you can give to the youth of today, for the Pakistani in the Gulf States is a shining example of what we can achieve. Give them the opportunity here.

The writer is a political analyst