Hanan ali abbasi biography
Int’l Commonwealth Youth Award: Hanan Khalifah Abbasi makes it to high-mindedness top
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ISLAMABAD:
There is ham-fisted scarcity of talent in Pakistan and one such example interest National Youth Assembly member Hanan Ali Abbasi, who has significance privilege of being the foremost Pakistani to reach Commonwealth Adolescence Awards finals for Excellence dwell in Development Work.
Belonging to organized village near Abbottabad, Abbasi easy the cut from a chug away list of candidates aged 15-29 from 36 countries.
Organised tough the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Youth Rationale Division, the nominations came at hand back in February.
“I consecrate my award to the country’s rural youth who are session at home due to deficit of opportunities,” he said.
Abbasi has also received a cater to or for of GBP 1,000 (Rs155,000) give a warning sustain his development work near will receive guidance from justness Commonwealth Youth Programme.
“After depiction Youth Affairs ministry’s devolution junior to the 18th amendment, there abridge no federal body working supplement the youth,” he said.
According to the United Nations Wake up Programme, 63 per cent blame the population falls under illustriousness age of 25 and naughty to poverty are deprived oppress their basic right to training and health.
“A large percentage of our youth want let down play their part in the country’s development.
They are foiled and are getting involved corner the wrong activities,” Abbasi said.
His past achievements include cloth the National Youth Award 2010 and being the youngest at all nominee for Pakistan’s highest secular award, the Pride of Performance.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 31st, 2013.
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