National Youth Carnival for Discovering Hidden Talent of Youngsters
The latest episode of Jwandai Jazbey (Alive Spirit) focused on the National Youth Carnival, which is a project of the provincial government to discover hidden talents of youngsters.
Mr. Syed Furqan Ali Shah, Project Manager National Youth Carnival and Mr. Saqib Iqbal Divisional Trial Manger National Youth Carnival, Peshawar, were studio guests of the show. Mr. Shah stated that the main aim of the carnival is to show the world that Pakistan is a peaceful country full of talented youngsters. The main theme of it for 2017 is to support the anti-corruption and anti-drugs notion. Youngsters, including Madrassa students, are participating in drama, comedy, thematic art, dancing, singing, painting, Qirat, calligraphy, speeches, debates, essay writing, spot photography, extra ordinary talent, chess etc.
Mr. Iqbal added that female students of Shaheed Benazir Bhutto University in Upper Dir are also participating in the carnival along with 13,000 other participants. He added that the requirement of the project was to have at least 50 percent female participants, but fortunately the have 60 percent representation.
A CRSS correspondent report was played during the show, about the views of the participants regarding the carnival.
Three listener took part in the program and appreciated government initiatives.
About Sabawoon
Sabawoon airs in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) since 2011. It began as a counter-radicalization, strategic communications programme, designed to highlight and promote the fundamental governance values such as democracy, rule of law, women’s rights, and equal citizenry, social cohesion.
The show airs Monday through Thursday every week under four themes on FM-101.5 Peshawar and Dera Ismail Khan 711 KHZ from 3:20 PM to 4:00 PM.
On Monday, Jarga Maraka covers current affairs and important regional issues with an input from government and other senior officials. On Tuesday, Da Simay Jaaj gives an overview of the top stories from KP and FATA regions. Jwandai Jazbey airs on Wednesday and deals with issues of relevance to, and significance for, youth, students and women. Socio-cultural affairs are discussed in Ranra on Thursday.