Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif has said rural women will be provided employment opportunities in the textile industry after completing skills training under the SheThreads programme.

In a statement, she said eleven hundred and fifty women have already completed training and secured jobs under the program, while a target has been set to train twenty-five hundred women by June.

Registration for the program has already started. The participants will receive a monthly stipend of fifteen thousand rupees during the three-month training in industrial sewing and apparel supervision.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be provided employment opportunities in the textile industry.