Islamabad, July 7, 2013: The last day of third session of Youth Parliament Pakistan began with a resolution moved in the House by Ms. Shahana Afsar (YP42-PUNJAB25), Youth Shadow Minister for Information, who presented a revised Policy towards Pakistan Television (PTV) on behalf of the Green Party which focused on measures to make the management and presentation of the state TV more appealing and competitive.
Later Ms. Momna Naeem (YP31-PUNJAB14), Mr. Reyyan Niaz (YP23-PUNJAB36) And Mr. Arsalan Ali (YP52-SINDH04) presented another policy on "Poverty Reduction in Pakistan". A report was also presented by Mr. Umar Naeem (YP48-PUNJAB31) on "Sexual Harassment at Workplace". The report directed the concentration of the House towards protection against harassment of women at workplace, Act 2010 passed in National Assembly.
The session was prorogued sine die.
The 5th Youth Parliament Pakistan is supported by the Danish International Development Agency, Government of Denmark as recognition of the importance of young people's involvement in democracy and democratic practices.
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