Youth Parliament Pakistan

Islamabad, January 11; PILDAT, the Secretariat of Youth Parliament Pakistan, together with the Steering Committee of Youth Parliament Pakistan has announced the final selection of members for the Fifth Youth Parliament Pakistan 2013.

The list includes 61 Young members between the age bracket of 18-29 years (on January 01, 2013) have been selected on merit based on a rigorous selection criteria to form the fifth batch. Selection process has been carried out under the guidance of an independent Steering Committee which includes Honourable Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan as Patron Youth Parliament Pakistan, Senator S. M. Zafar as Chairman; and members including Mr. Wazir Ahmed Jogezai, Former Deputy Speaker, National Assembly of Pakistan; Engr. Khuram Dastgir Khan, MNA, Chairman, National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce; Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan, MNA, Member, National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice; and Parliamentary Affairs, Secretary Young Parliamentarians Forum; Mr. Nadeem Afzal Gondal, Chairman Public Accounts Committee and Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President PILDAT.

The Youth Parliament Pakistan (YPP) is a platform of Pakistani Youth patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan conceived, created and facilitated by PILDAT. Its objectives include inculcating in youth of Pakistan values and spirit for democracy, the importance of dialogue, and tolerance for others’ views, an understanding of the concept of Parliament and its role in democratic decision-making and oversight.

Youth Parliament Pakistan is Project of Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development & Transparency (PILDAT) and 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 in Pakistan.

List of Members of 5th Youth Parliament Pakistan 2013:

Sr.	Name	Gender	Province/Region
1.	Junaid Ashraf	Male	AJ&K
2.	Hazrat Kakar	Male	Balochistan
3.	Sonia Riaz	Female	Balochistan
4.	Mateeullah Tareen	Male	Balochistan
5.	Muhammad Zehri	Male	Balochistan
6.	Rafiullah Kakar	Male	Balochistan
7.	Nabila Jaffer	Female	FATA
8.	Yasir Abbas	Male	Gilgit-Baltistan
9.	Hasham Malik	Male	ICT
10.	Sarwat Malik	Female	ICT
11.	Daniyal Khan	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
12.	Sitwat Waqar	Female	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
13.	Usman Jilani	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
14.	Inam Marwat	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
15.	Amin Ismali	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
16.	Abdul Khan	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
17.	Mohammad Eisa	Male	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
18.	Akrameen Irfan	Female	Punjab
19.	Muhammad Danish	Male	Punjab
20.	Saqlain Saleem	Male	Punjab
21.	Daniyal	Male	Punjab
22.	Faisal Hayat	Male	Punjab
23.	Reyyan Sirvani	Male	Punjab
24.	Ahmad Salman Zafar	Male	Punjab
25.	Muhammad Nabeel Sandhu	Male	Punjab
26.	Zaib Liaqat	Female	Punjab
27.	Omer Hafeez	Male	Punjab
28.	Faiz Soomro	Male	Punjab
29.	Tauseef Ahmed	Male	Punjab
30.	Syed Faiz Ali	Male	Punjab
31.	Momna Naeem	Female	Punjab
32.	Aisha Tahir	Female	Punjab
33.	Shafqat Ali	Male	Punjab
34.	Ummar	Male	Punjab
35.	Saman Zahra	Female	Punjab
36.	Muhammad Faizan Idrees	Male	Punjab
37.	Bilal Ahmed	Male	Punjab
38.	Asadullah Chattha	Male	Punjab
39.	Muhammad Khan	Male	Punjab
40.	Anum Asif	Female	Punjab
41.	Syed Mehr Ali Gillani	Male	Punjab
42.	Shahana Afsar	Female	Punjab
43.	Sharmeen Qamar	Female	Punjab
44.	Muhammad Mubeen	Male	Punjab
45.	Muhammad Zubair	Male	Punjab
46.	Mehvish Rani	Female	Punjab
47.	Warda Ghani	Female	Punjab
48.	Umar Naeem	Male	Punjab
49.	Aseela Shamim Haq	Female	Sindh
50.	Asad Abdul Mohd	Male	Sindh
51.	Kashif Ali	Male	Sindh
52.	Arslan Ali	Male	Sindh
53.	Sheikh Amjad	Male	Sindh
54.	Afnan Siddique	Male	Sindh
55.	Syeda Batool Zehra Naqvi	Female	Sindh
56.	Ishfaque Ahmed	Male	Sindh
57.	Muhammad Masood	Male	Sindh
58.	Ali Zafar	Male	Sindh
59.	Najam Memon	Male	Sindh
60.	Bushra Rao	Female	Sindh
61.	Rajesh Maharaj	Male	Sindh

Province/Region wise distribution of seats.

Sr.	Province/Region	No. of Seats
1.	AJ&K	1
2.	Balochistan	5
3.	FATA	1
4.	Gilgit-Baltistan	1
5.	ICT	2
6.	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	7
7.	Punjab	31
8.	Sindh	13

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