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Fourth Session of
Youth Parliament of Pakistan 2008-09 Begins: May 06-10,
2009
Youth Parliament to discuss issues such as “Impact of National and
International Media
on Pakistani Society” , “ Terrorism and its impact on Cricket
and Society,” “Local Government: Review and Reforms” and
“Youth Policies” |
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Islamabad, May 05, 2009: The fourth session of the Youth
Parliament Pakistan 2008-2009 is taking place in Islamabad
from May 06-10, 2009.
The
upcoming session of Youth Parliament Pakistan will discuss
issues such as “Impact of National and International Media
on Pakistani Society” , “ Terrorism and its impact on Cricket
and Society,” “Local Government: Review and Reforms” and
“Youth Policies” amongst discussing current Affairs.
Mr. Ahsan
Iqbal,
Secretary Information; PML-N, has been invited to speak on the
topic of Media:
Impact of National and International Media on Pakistan,
Mr. Imran
Khan,
Former Captain, Pakistan Cricket Team & Chairman, Pakistan
Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) has been invited to speak on
Terrorism and its impact on the Society and Cricket
while Mr. Danyal Aziz,
Advisor, Governance Institutes
Network International (GINI) and former Chairman National
Reconstruction Bureau (NRB), has been invited to speak
on the topic of
Local Government: Review and Reforms.
Geo TV Network
is the media partner of Youth Parliament Pakistan 2008-09.
Mr. Wazir
Ahmed Jogezai,
Former Deputy Speaker National Assembly, will preside over the
5 day session. A Crisis Simulation Exercise will
also be conducted during the session in which apart from other
experts, Dr. Tariq
Fazal Chaudhry; MNA (PML-N)
will act as an observer.
Youth
Parliament Pakistan is initiated and facilitated by PILDAT.
Patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan, the Youth
Parliament Pakistan consists of 60 young men and women. The
Youth Parliament follows its own two-Party System, an
elected Leaders of the House or Youth Prime
Minister, Leader of the Opposition, a Youth
Cabinet, a Shadow Cabinet and Standing
Committees. There are two mock parties: The Blue Party
(Liberal) and The Green Party (Traditional). The Blue
Party is advised by Dr. Donya Aziz, MNA and co-advised
by Ms. Tehmina Dasti (former MNA)while Green Party is
advised by Mr. Khurram Dastagir Khan, MNA and the
co-party Advisor Ms. Anusha Rehman, MNA.
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