Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz calls for bridging 'skill gap', declares no tax on setting up vocational training institutions.

(From Pakistan Press International Information Services Limited)

KARACHI, Oct.31 (PPI): Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz Sunday called for launching crash programs for bridging the 'skill gap' in the country and declared that there would be no tax on setting up institutions aimed at imparting vocational training to the youths. "Pakistan is currently faced with dearth of skilled manpower. We have educated people, they hold degrees but lacking the skill to get the job. The result is that the skilled manpower is being imported and the local people are wandering for the employment," he said while addressing a ceremony of laying foundation of SESSI Medical & Dental College held at the Governor House, Karachi this …