Lahore: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar Advocate has emphasized empowering youth by providing them modern education and skills.Speaking at a Youth Conference in Lahore on Sunday, Attaullah Tarar credited the PML-N government's laptop scheme for enabling students to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic and preventing the economy from collapsing.The Minister said remittances worth 7 billion dollars were sent by young Pakistanis working abroad in the first quarter of this year, which is largely contributing in strengthening the country's economy.He underscored the importance of educating the youth about the significance of Pakistan's creation.Highlighting the role of young people in Pakistan's development, the Minister stated that the youth were instrumental in the Pakistan Movement and continue to contribute to the country's progress. He said that everyone knows about the discriminatory attitude being meted out with the minorities across the border and in Kashmir. He sa id the two-nation theory is a reality.Attaullah Tarar said that justice has not been done with the youth in Pakistan. He said that laptops have been distributed among the youth 100 percent on merit first time in the history of country. He said that youth is the future of Pakistan and it is choice of the youth to bring which kind of system they want and in which manner they want to run the country.Attaullah Tarar said that those who are chanting political slogans should inform about their performance, adding that why any good hospital of heart diseases has not been established in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the last 12 and half years. He said that there is no religion, caste and color of the terrorists, adding that these are extortionists, looters and believe in violence and there are no good Taliban in TTP. He said that TTP is against the ideology of Pakistan and it did not want peace in Pakistan, adding that the terrorists did not deserve any leniency. He said that the government is committed to root out t errorism from country. He said that the terrorist elements want to destabilize country. He said that the law and order situation of the country was put at stake by bringing back the terrorists. He said that the progress of country is linked with the establishment of peace and eradication of terrorism.Attaullah Tarar said that fake and false news is an important challenge, adding that the joint efforts are needed to deal with the challenge of fake news.