Pakistan, June 17 -- Imagine spending sixteen years in classrooms, surviving examinations, earning a university degree, and dreaming of a better future to only discover that the economy has no place for you.

This is the reality confronting thousands of young Pakistanis today.

Pakistan is a country that offers a disturbing paradox the trend is that the number of graduates has been and will be expanding whereas the opportunities are not. This contradiction is more exposed than ever with the recently announced Federal Budget 2026-27. Although the government has raised its spending on education, as well as various young-oriented programs, it has not bothered much to address a much more significant issue of what these young individuals will ...