To make this beginning real, policymakers should:
– Ease digital barriers: Scrap excessive freelancing regulations and invest in broadband expansion, targeting 100% coverage by 2030 to retain talent.
– Boost education and skills: Triple funding for STEM programs, drawing from 2025’s supercomputing wins, and create hybrid apprenticeships blending boomer experience with Gen Z innovation.
– Combat brain drain: Offer tax incentives for returnees and youth startups, while addressing economic woes through targeted reforms—aiming to cut emigration by 20% via job creation in IT and green sectors.
– Foster dialogue: Launch national forums where Gen Z leaders co-design policies, turning memes into manifestos.
Pakistan’s youth aren’t buying outdated narratives, but they’re crafting new ones. It’s not over for the boomers if they adapt; it’s just beginning for a united front. Let’s build a responsible, patriotic future—together—before the divide becomes a chasm. The amalgam of experience and youth isn’t a dream; it’s our destiny.
