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Fifth Youth Parliament Pakistan Meets for its Inaugural Session |
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Islamabad, February 25; The inaugural session of 5th batch of Youth Parliament Pakistan 2013, begins today in Islamabad. Facilitated by PILDAT, the Youth Parliament Pakistan is patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan. Its membership is drawn from young Pakistanis aged between 18-29 years from Balochistan, KP, Punjab, Sindh, Gilgit-Baltistan, AJK and FATA. The inaugural session spans over 5 days - February 25 - March 01, 2013. Selected young Pakistanis from across Pakistan will join the session. The selection process, based on merit, has been led by an independent Steering Committee. Out of the 61 member batch, 44 are male while 17 are female. The average age in the 5th batch is 23 years. In the fifth successive batch, the Blue Party forms a majority with 75% membership opting for its membership while 25% members have joined the Green Party. The Youth Parliament Pakistan consists of 31 members from Punjab, 13 members from Sindh, 7 from KP, 5 from Balochistan, 2 from Islamabad Capital Territory, 1 each from FATA, AJK and Gilgit Baltistan. Following an orientation for new members, the Youth Parliament session will officially begin with oath-taking of the members. While Mr. Wazir Ahmed Jogazai, former Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan, has graciously agreed to chair the Youth Parliament Pakistan as its Speaker, election to the office of the Youth Deputy Speaker will be held during the first session. Agenda of first session also includes ascertainment of the Member who commands the confidence of the majority of the Members as Youth Prime Minister. The Opposition benches will also choose a Youth Leader of the Opposition. During the course of the first session, Youth Prime Minister will choose a Youth Cabinet while a Shadow Cabinet will be chosen by the Leader of the Opposition. Chairman of the Standing Committees of the Youth Parliament will also be elected during the first session. On February 28, a formal inaugural ceremony will begin by paying homage to 6 martyrs of Youth Parliament Pakistan who lost their lives in an air crash on July 28, 2010. The Inaugural Session will be addressed by Patron Youth Parliament Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Deputy Speaker National Assembly, Senator S. M. Zafar, Chairman and other members of Youth Parliament Steering Committee, including Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, MNA, Mr. Nadeem Afzal Gondal, MNA and Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan, MNA. HE Mr. Mr. Ole E. Moesby, Ambassador of Denmark, will also speak at the Inaugural ceremony of Youth Parliament Pakistan. Youth Parliament is also expected to debate the State of Democracy in Pakistan and Electoral Reforms in Pakistan in its first session. PILDAT has earlier conceived, planned and facilitated 4, year-long batches of Youth Parliament Pakistan in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2012 respectively. The 5th batch is supported by the Danish International Development Agency, Government of Denmark. |
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