Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the government had planned to establish educational institutions to impart both modern and religious education to the youth, APP reported. He told this to a delegation of the Council of Islamic Ideology on Monday. Separately, the prime minister increased the monthly stipend, from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,000, of students getting training under National Vocational and Technical Education Commission (NAVTEC) programmes. Speaking at a NAVTEC-organised certificate awarding ceremony, he called youth an asset for the nation, and said the government was imparting them with quality education to utilise their skills for the countryÂ’s progress. He said the percentage of youth population in many countries was reducing, however Pakistan had very favourable demographic dividends in this regard with 100 million youth below 25 years of age. The government was focusing on providing a better education to the youth, he added. He said seven million expatriate Pakistanis were already contributing to the international economies. He said NAVTEC was set up two years ago to facilitate the technical education policy to meet the demand of skilled manpower.