Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for proactive steps to address the challenges in the education sector.  

Chairing the Federal Cabinet meeting in Islamabad on Tuesday, he asked the Minister for Education to closely coordinate with the provinces for promotion of education, emphasizing this will be a major national service.

The Prime Minister pointed out that 22.8 million children are out of schools in Pakistan, majority of them are girls.

Referring to the International Conference on Girls' Education recently held in Islamabad, the Prime Minister noted that good discussions took place regarding the education of girls.

He recalled that Pakistan also declared education emergency a few months back.    

The Prime Minister described the resumption of PIA flights to Europe as a major achievement. He expressed the confidence that the flights to Britain will also resume, saying this will facilitate Pakistani travellers.

Shehbaz Sharif said a new crossing point has been opened on Pak-Iran border in Panjgur, saying this will promote legal trade and help check smuggling. He thanked Iranian cooperation for the opening of the new crossing point.   

The Prime Minister expressed satisfaction over the normalization of situation in Kurram. He said food items and medicines are being supplied to the area. He expressed the confidence that all the stakeholders will make collective efforts to keep peace intact.

The Prime Minister said that the security forces are continuing their operations against Fitna al Khwarij. He said an intelligence based operation in Balochistan resulted in the killing of twenty seven terrorists.

Paying tributes to the sacrifices of security personnel, he said these sacrifices will be remembered.  He expressed the commitment to complete elimination of Fitna al Khwarij, emphasizing that peace will be restored in the country as was done in 2018 under the leadership of Nawaz Sharif.