The Punjab government will establish 7,000 small industrial units in the province, which would help overcome unemployment and poverty problem. Provincial Minister for Public Health Engineering, Sardar Hassan Akhtar Moakal said this while addressing a function here on Sunday.
He said the government had approved a national internship programme under which the unemployed youth below 25 years of age would get stipend of Rs 10,000 per month.
The provision of employment to youth is a part of the agenda of President General Pervez Musharraf and Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, he added.
He said the provision of clean potable water was priority of the government and work on water supply schemes worth Rs 539 million was in progress in 10 cities of the province.