Pakistan In Focus-Producing generation of skilled workers.

P akistan has quite a few competencies in abundance. Among those, population tops the charts. However, not-so-abundant are the (quality) job opportunities.

If you're reading this, chances are high that you too - as the author - grew up being told to become a doctor, engineer, CSS-aspirant or an MBA. A majority of us didn't have it the other way.

Outside Pakistan, earning "Rozgar" is driven by your passion, wage rate, government policies and frankly, the want to convert ideas into reality. Supported by economic policies or national security considerations, the policymakers "nudge" or "guide" the youth brains to a win-win destination.

The now energy-independent United States had planned since the 1973's oil embargo to remove addiction to oil and find an alternative that is cheaper and cleaner source of energy. Today, Elon Musk-led electric vehicles and Moore's law-driven competitive photovoltaic (PVs) cells have converted that into reality.

It's only a matter of time when a battery of cellphone size would be enough to power the house for days, if not weeks.

Our economic blueprint is apparently straightforward and old-school. Given the boom-and-bust economic history, priority is to a) control trade deficit b) let the currency find true value c) regain credibility of global lenders and finally, d) focus on export-led growth.

Fair enough, that's actually the right approach. However, there is a lot that needs to be done as the common man wants to see sustainable, tangible and irreversible improvement in living standards. People need to save for their children's wellbeing.

One ponders why then the very Pakistanis who settle abroad do a much better job in...

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