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Youth Parliament trained in Counter-Extremism |
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Islamabad, April 18; To enhance understanding of the members of Youth Parliament Pakistan on what constitutes extremism and how to practically address it, an exclusive workshop on Countering-Extremism in Pakistan was organized by PILDAT during the second session of Youth Parliament Pakistan. Spanned over 2 days, the workshop focused on identifying various facets of extremism in the society followed by exercises developing objectives, long and short term goals, strategies and recommendations. Youth Parliament members agreed that extremism needs to be resolved through dialogue, developing tolerance, decreasing economic disparity, controlling law and order situation and most importantly through bridging communication gap between various segments of the society. , The workshop was conducted by Mr. Mohammed Feyyaz, a seasoned instructor with extensive experience of leading similar workshops in renowned national institutions. A Background Paper to assist the MYPs was also prepared for the workshop and disseminated as part of workshop papers. The groups and the instructor discussed the paper in detail. Later the groups were assigned with special instructions to come up with Vision/objectives, Training methods, communication modes, Operational methods and targets and Future strategy. Second day, Youth Parliamentarian groups presented their strategies for countering extremism. During the presentations, the groups were asked questions by the other groups on their particular strategies and recommendations. The Counter Extremism Workshop is one of the main activities which were designed for the members of the Youth Parliament 2012. This workshop was designed to enhance and broaden the thinking of the Youth Parliamentarians so they can identify the roots of extremism in the society. |
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