Thursday, April 12, 2012

Youth Helpline for free counseling - Punjab

THE Punjab government on Saturday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for establishment of a toll-free youth helpline.

The proposed Youth Helpline would provide free counseling on career related issues of youth and adolescents as well as counseling on emotional, psychological and reproductive health issues.

The MoU was signed by Punjab Youth Affairs, Sports, Archaeology and Tourism Department Secretary Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik and Plan Pakistan Country Director Rashid Javed. Addressing the ceremony, Dr Irfan Ahmed, a senior health advisor of Plan International, said Pakistan was the sixth most populous country in the world and currently had one of the largest cohorts of young people in its history, with approximately 25 million people between the age of 15 and 24. Dr Allah Bakhsh Malik pointed that there was a need to guide the young people in right direction so they could build their career according to their metal ability.

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