Hamza Shehbaz Meets Lawmakers, Focuses on Constituency and Youth Issues
ISLAMABAD: Former Punjab chief minister and PML-N leader Hamza Shehbaz Sharif held meetings with serving and former parliamentarians at the Prime Minister’s House, discussing constituency-level concerns as he stepped up political activity in the federal capital.
The meetings brought together a number of current and former lawmakers, including Saira Afzal Tarar, Jamal Shah Kakar, Hafeez-ur-Rehman Dareshak, Murtaza Javed Abbasi, Khurram Dastgir and former senator Behramand Tangi. According to the report, participants raised issues affecting their respective regions and constituencies during separate interactions with Hamza.
Hamza assured the lawmakers that their concerns would be taken up on a priority basis. No detailed timetable for resolving the matters was announced, but the discussions placed constituency issues at the centre of his latest engagements in Islamabad.
The meetings also marked a more visible phase of political activity for Hamza, who had maintained a relatively low profile after the PML-N returned to government and Maryam Nawaz assumed the office of Punjab chief minister. Hamza, a former chief minister of Punjab and the son of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, currently represents Lahore in the National Assembly.
Separately, Hamza chaired a meeting concerning the Prime Minister’s Youth Programme. Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan, who heads the programme, attended the session as officials discussed technical training and employment-oriented opportunities for young Pakistanis.
Hamza encouraged young people from Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, South Punjab and smaller cities to enrol in modern technical courses. Participants were informed that young people admitted to the training programmes would receive monthly stipends during their studies, a measure intended to support participation while skills are being developed.
The meeting also reviewed ways to connect technical training with employment opportunities after participants complete their courses. Hamza pledged support for the skills initiative, while the discussion focused on preparing young people for jobs by improving access to practical and market-relevant training.
The Islamabad engagements place both political coordination and youth skills development on Hamza’s immediate agenda. Further progress will depend on how the constituency concerns raised by lawmakers are addressed and how the youth programme translates its training and stipend commitments into placements and employment opportunities across underserved regions.