Alternative Youth Policy in Pakistan

By reviewing past youth policy drafts, this book presents several insights and ideas about youth policy process and also suggest an alternative paradigm for Pakistan. The book was prepared to contribute to national youth policy formulation and to give a comprehensive model of the national youth policy in Pakistan. It concentrates on four areas of change: understanding youth situation in Pakistan, articulating concepts of youth development, reviewing national youth policies of the past, and presenting an alternative youth policy of Pakistan. It unfolds the debate on youth policy and information processes and also offers several recommendations for youth development and youth empowerment, by creating nexus of youth and the society at large.