Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has formed National Youth Council to engage youth, increase their empowerment in policy making and give them more meaningful role in strengthening of institutions.

The Prime Minister will be the patron in chief of the council.

The council will be headed by Chairman Prime Minister Youth Programme as chairperson while ministers of youth affairs of the provinces, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan will be its members.

The council will work for and represent young people, aged 10 to 29 years.

It will act as an official representative body of youth led civil society, both from the public and private sectors from across Pakistan.

The council will also support federal, provincial and local government institutions in developing youth focused programmes, initiatives and institutional reforms.