The stark image of over 2.4 million applications submitted for a mere 36,000 government vacancies in Punjab is a reflection of the desperation in which a generation of citizens finds itself. Unemployment is a nationwide problem, but according to official date, Punjab, in particular, is witnessing an alarming rise in unemployment that threatens to infect the national economic ecosystem because of the province's size and economic significance.

The root of this crisis is twofold. First is........

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