BY: FT Correspondent:
ISLAMABAD — A meeting of the Federal Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, was held in Islamabad today.
The Federal Cabinet, on the recommendation of the Ministry of Inter-Provincial Coordination, accorded in-principle approval to the National Adolescent and Youth Policy.
The policy is aimed at creating an integrated national framework to empower Pakistan’s young population and mainstream youth at the government level, ensuring a more equitable and improved economic and social environment for young people.
The four key pillars of the national policy framework are education, employment, inclusion and environment. The government is also establishing the Pakistan Youth Development Council and the Federal Adolescent and Youth Agency for implementation of the policy.
The meeting was informed that 32,145 surveys were conducted across the country during the formulation of the policy, while the views of more than 200,000 young people were obtained.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif directed that recommendations put forward by members of the Federal Cabinet regarding the policy be incorporated into the final framework.
The Federal Cabinet also ratified the decisions taken at the July 9, 2026 meeting of the Cabinet Committee on State-Owned Enterprises.
The Cabinet further approved the decisions of the Economic Coordination Committee meeting held on August 14, 2026.
The Cabinet also ratified decisions taken during the meetings of the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases held on June 18, July 30, August 5 and August 18, 2026
