PESHAWAR: The Auqaf, Haj, religious and minority affairs department has completed imparting training to over 1,200 minority youth in communication, leadership skills, entrepreneurship, CV making, interview training, career counselling and competitive exam preparation. The trainings were organised in Peshawar, Swat, Abbottabad, Chitral, DI Khan and Kohat, according to a statement issued here on Saturday. Prominent trainers and renowned experts from across the country trained the youth. Each six-day training camp included more than 80 young men and women from the Christian, Hindu, Sikh and other minority communities. Adviser on information Barrister Mohammad Ali Saif was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony of the training programme held here. Special assistant for minority affairs Wazirzada and additional secretary for endowments, Haj, religious and minority affairs Abdul Kabir also attended the event. On the occasion, Mr Wazirzada said the provincial government had allocated quota for minorities in various jobs. He said the government had started the minority youth training, scholarship and stipend programmes. “Providing facilities and opportunities to the students of minority communities is the priority of the government,” he said. Barrister Saif said that the youth had to work on their character development. “Young people should focus all their attention on knowledge and character building. Success can be achieved only with high character.” He said it was necessary to acquire knowledge for conscious development. “We have to change our thinking and bring about change. It is necessary to take action to improve the quality of human life. Education, knowledge and skills can make human life easier,” he said. Barrister Saif said youth should determine the direction of their lives and the society would move on a better path through individual character building, which will improve the collective life. He further said by working on humanitarian basis beyond colour, race, caste, language and religion, one can make one’s life and the world a cradle of peace and development. “Life is the name of struggle, young people should not be afraid of competition.”