Sajjad Shaheen seeks roadmap for tackling unemployment

Excelsior Correspondent
BANIHAL, Aug 22: National Conference (NC) leader and district President, Ramban, Sajjad Shaheen today exhorted the Jammu and Kashmir administration for drawing a roadmap to tackle the burgeoning unemployment, saying the educated unemployed besides skilled and unskilled workforce are undergoing a most traumatic phase with no prospect virtually in sight.
“Despondency is gripping the youth due to bleak future on the employment front,” Shaheen said at a day-long meeting with the office bearers of National Conference Students Union (NCSU) at his residence in Banihal today.
He said the burgeoning unemployment remains a major cause of concern and source of frustration for both educated unemployed and huge skilled and unskilled workforce. In this context, he pointed to the availability of a whopping number of vacancies which need to be filled on the fast-track basis.
Prominent among those who spoke in the meeting include Alar Pal Singh Working president NCSU, Masarat Malik Proviencial NCSU spokesperson, Saqib Kichloo NCSU District President Kishtwar, Arif Malik Incharge NCSU Banihal, Mubashar Naik, spokesperson NCSU besides Shahjahan Malik and others.