New Employment Opportunities for Skilled Women: 61 Women Offered Jobs at Job Fair, Paid Internships Announced for 110
QUETTA (Daily Qudrat): Secretary Labour and Manpower Balochistan Saleh Muhammad Nasar has said that the provincial government is taking practical steps to make youth and women economically self-reliant and to provide them sustainable employment opportunities, while providing employment to women according to their skills is among the government’s priorities. He said that skilled women can play an important role in the province’s economic development, and by providing them suitable opportunities, their full participation in economic activities can be ensured.
He expressed these views while addressing a Women Job Fair organised by the Balochistan Technical and Vocational Training Authority (B-TEVTA) in collaboration with GIZ, the European Union and the British Council. The job fair proved to be an important development in providing the province’s skilled women with direct contact with industrial establishments and companies, interviews and employment opportunities.
During the job fair, 365 skilled women gave interviews before representatives of 12 industrial establishments and companies, of whom 61 women were offered jobs, while 110 women were selected for paid internships. This step is an important move toward providing practical experience to women and giving them opportunities to advance in the professional field.
Addressing the ceremony, B-TEVTA MD Abdul Kabir Zarkoon said that B-TEVTA is providing modern technical and vocational training to youth in accordance with market needs so that trained individuals can find employment easily. He said that job fairs of this kind will be held in the future as well and national and international companies will be invited so that more employment opportunities can be created for youth, especially women.
Vice Chairman Balochistan Board of Investment and Trade Bilal Khan Kakar said in his address that the Balochistan government is providing all possible facilities to investors so that new economic zones and industrial establishments are set up in the province and employment opportunities for the local population increase.
On this occasion, B-TEVTA officials reiterated the commitment, under the vision of Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Sarfraz Bugti, to equip 25,000 youth across the province with modern skills in keeping with contemporary requirements.
The speakers agreed that in the present era, acquiring practical and technical skills along with traditional education has become indispensable. The job fair organised by B-TEVTA and its partner institutions is an important milestone toward economically empowering Balochistan’s skilled women, opening new doors of employment for them and ensuring their effective participation in the province’s economic development.
