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Third Session of Youth
Parliament Pakistan 2008-09 begins |
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Islamabad, February 17, 2009: Youth Parliament of Pakistan 2008-09, a PILDAT initiative, is holding its third session starting from Wednesday, February 18 till Sunday, February 22, 2009. The session will take place at Islamabad. While discussing key topics such as Situation in Balochistan, Extremism and Terrorism and Pak-US Relation, the Youth Parliament has invited speakers such as Senator Mushahid Hussain Sayed, Chairman of Foreign Relations Committee & Former Chairman of Senate Sub-Committee on Balochistan, to speak on the Situation in Balochistan; Syed Talat Hussain, Executive Director, News and Current Affairs, Aaj TV to speak on the subject of Terrorism and Extremism and Ambassador Tariq Fatemi, Former Ambassador of Pakistan to the US & EU, to discuss Pak-US Relations. This session, Youth Parliament is also launching Crisis Simulation Exercise for members of the Youth Parliament similar to those held for members of the Parliament at National Defence University. For this Brigadier Badar Munir, Former Directing Staff Research, Institute of Strategic Studies; Research and Analysis (ISSRA), National Defense University (NDU), would be acting as Observer and assisting the Secretariat and the Moderator of Crisis Simulation, Mr. Rizwan Zeb, Research Analyst, Islamabad. Mr. Wazir Ahmed Jogezai, Former Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan, has graciously agreed to preside over the 5-day session. Daily proceedings of the Youth Parliament Pakistan will be aired on Geo TV network, exclusive partner of PILDAT for Youth Parliament Pakistan. Beginning from this session, Crisis Simulation Exercise will be conducted in each of the remaining three sessions for a batch of 15 MYPs to cover all members of this term on parity basis. In the summer of 2009, selected members of the Youth Parliament Pakistan will also undertake a Study Tour to the British Parliament. Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) is a platform of Pakistani Youth patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan. This term 64 members from all over the country are part of Youth Parliament Pakistan 2008-09. The Youth Parliament has a one-year term and meets for 30 days over 5 sessions in Islamabad. The Youth Parliament has its own 2-party system, Leaders of the House and Opposition, a Cabinet, a Shadow Cabinet and Parliamentary Committees. Prime minister of Pakistan, Chairman Senate, Chief Justice of Pakistan, British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Federal Ministers and political leaders have previously addressed the Youth Parliament Pakistan 2007. Conceived, created and facilitated by PILDAT, the Youth Parliament Pakistan also has an independent Steering Committee that overseas the selection process and working of Youth Parliament. The Steering Committee includes notable persons such as Senator S. M. Zafar, Chairman Youth Parliament Steering Committee & Chairman Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights; Mr. Wazir Ahmed Jogezai, Member; Former Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan; Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Member, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan; Dr. Donya Aziz, MNA, Member; Engr. Khuram Dastgir Khan, MNA; Member; Mr. Kabir Sabar, Member; RBS Global Banking and Markets; Young British Politician; Ms. Sarah Parvez, Member, British High Commission, Islamabad and Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, Member, Executive Director, PILDAT. |
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