Discover youth's potential through education, health and jobs: President Alvi.

ISLAMABAD -- President Dr Arif Alvi on Thursday said focusing on three key areas, namely education, health and employment, would prove helpful in effectively utilizing the real potential of country's talented youth.

Addressing the Vice Chancellors Committee on Ehsaas Undergraduate Programme here at Higher Education Commission, the president stressed steps to ensure diverting energies and abilities of youth towards national development. President Dr Alvi emphasized on the importance of scholarships, both on need and merit basis, to provide financial and moral support to students in their quest for knowledge. He recalled that his own educational career had several phases where he studied on scholarships, including completion of the first masters degree. He said Ehsaas scholarship programme was significant in bringing positive change in the lives of students, facing financial constraints. He said fairness and transparency were important...

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