ISLAMABAD   -  Special Assistant of the Prime Minister (SAPM) on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr Sania Nishtar Thursday stressed the need for coordination between public and private sectors for creating new employment opportunities in the country. 

Collaboration between government, academia and the private sector in structuring a sustainable intervention for providing an enabling environment, was need of the hour, she added. She was addressing a conference on the ongoing street vendors’ initiative in Islamabad under the ambit of Ehsaas Rehribaan program, jointly organized here by  Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (PIDE) and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI), a press release said.  

The purpose of the conference was to highlight the transformation of street vending Dr Sania Nishtar appreciated the first of its kind collaboration between government, academia, and the private sector.