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Youth Parliament Pakistan
Study Visit to UK: July 19-25, 2009 |
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London, July 22; The Youth Parliamentarians, currently on a Study Visit to London, interacted with the officers of the UK’s Foreign and Commonwealth Office here today and shared their concerns and ideas on UK’s relations with Pakistan and the UK’s foreign policy. The meeting which was organized at the request of the FCO, UK involved various FCO officers from the Counter Terrorism and Public Policy departments. The Youth Parliament delegation met with and was briefed by the Article 19 representative Ms. Sejal Palmer. The delegates exchanged a variety of views on the various policies and stances of the ARTICLE 19, a human rights organisation with a specific mandate and focus on the defence and promotion of freedom of expression and freedom of information worldwide. In a meeting with the Amnesty International, UK’s Ms. Verity Coyle, Student action Network Coordinator, Mr. Dan Jones, Human Rights Education Advisor and Mr. Allan Hogarth, Advocacy Officer, the delegation was briefed about the mission and work of the Amnesty International, especially relating to policy liaison and advocacy with the Parliament and government. The Youth Parliament delegation held an insightful interaction with the Conservative Future, the youth movement of the British Conservative Party, for members aged up to 30 years old. Mr. Michael Rock, National Chairman of Conservative Future, an elected post, and Ms. Philippa Broom, Director International Office of the Conservative Campaign Headquarters shared various aims, objectives and the areas of the work of the Conservative Future and how the Conservative party was poised to come centre stage to lead the country.
The Youth Parliament Pakistan Study
Visit to UK that is taking place from July 19-25, 2009, is
facilitated by PILDAT. The delegation includes Mr. Ahmed
Ali Babar, YP21-Punjab02, Youth Prime Minister;
Mr. Mohammed Essam Rehmani, YP51-Sindh03, Youth Leader
of the Opposition; Mr. Abdullah Khan Leghari,
YP48-Punjab29, Member, Youth Parliament Standing Committee
on Information; Mr. Ahmad Noor, YP08-FATA01,
Chairperson, Youth Parliament Standing Committee on
Information; Mr. Farrukh Jadoon, YP13-NWFP01,
Member, Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Education,
Health and Environment; Ms. Kashmala Khan Durrani,
YP03-Balochistan01, Deputy Speaker, Youth Parliament
Pakistan; Ms. Maria Ishaq, YP26-Punjab07;
Chairperson, Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Culture,
Sports and Youth Affairs; Mr. Muhammad Abdullah Zaidi,
YP53-Sindh05, Member, Youth Parliament Standing Committee
on Foreign Affairs and Defence; Mr. Shahbaz Zaheer,
YP63-ICT03, Member, Youth Parliament Standing Committee on
Finance, Planning Affairs & Economics; Syed Muhammad
Nishat-ul-Hassan Kazmi, YP20-Punjab01, Shadow Minister
for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Youth Parliament Pakistan;
Dr. Umair Farrukh Raja, YP36-Punjab17, Chairperson
Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Education, Health and
Environment; Mr. Waqar Nayyar, YP05-Balochistan03,
Chairperson, Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Foreign
Affairs and Defence. Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi,
Member & Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan and
Member Youth Parliament Pakistan Steering Committee is
part of the delegation while Ms. Aasiya Riaz, Joint
Director, PILDAT and Mr. Hammal Dostain, Programme
Officer, PILDAT represent the Youth Parliament Pakistan
Secretariat.
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