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Youth Parliament Pakistan undertakes Study Visit to Sweden

November 26: A delegation of the Youth Parliament Pakistan is due to visit Sweden from November 26-30, 2012 as part of a Youth Study Visit facilitated by the Swedish Institute (SI) and initiated by the Swedish Embassy, Islamabad. The 12 member delegation of the Youth Parliament Pakistan, a project conceived, planned and implemented by PILDAT in Pakistan since 2007, will endeavour to understand how the Swedish Political System works and how citizens, especially youth and civil society organizations, hold the government to account in Sweden. As part of the visit programme, Youth Parliament Pakistan members will also visit the Swedish Parliament (the Riksdag) and see how its Members and Standing Committees work. The Young Pakistanis will also hold a dialogue with the Ministers, Youth organizations and different departments of the Swedish Government.

Members of Youth Parliament Pakistan who have been selected to be part of the delegation, based on a performance evaluation carried out by the Secretariat of Youth Parliament and the Youth Parliament Steering Committee, include Mr. Muhammad Azeem, YP33-PUNJAB13; Youth Prime Minister; Ms. Sarah Abdul Wadood Khan, YP19-KPK06; Deputy Speaker; Mr. Tabraiz Sadiq Marri, YP58-SINDH10; Youth Leader of the Opposition; Mr. Muhammad Umar Riaz, YP36-PUNJAB16; Youth Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights; Ms. Shaheera Jalil Albasit, YP56-SINDH08; Youth Minister of Foreign Affairs and Defence; Mr. Muhammad Hammad Malik, YP16-KPK03; General Secretary Green Party and Chairman Special Committee on Energy Crises; Ms. Seep Akhter Channer, YP55-SINDH07; Member Youth Parliament Pakistan; Member of Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights; Mr. Siraj Din Memon, YP57-SINDH09; Member Youth Parliament Pakistan; Member of Youth Parliament Standing Committee on Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights; Mr. Najeeb Abid Balouch, YP05-BALOCHISTAN03; Chairperson of Youth Special Committee of Balochistan and Mr. Naveed Hassan, YP41-PUNJAB21; Youth Shadow Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication. Mr. Jawdat Bilal, Project Manager Youth Parliament Pakistan at PILDAT and Ms. Sana Shakeel, Assistant Projects Officer, will also be part of the delegation.

The Study Visit, supported by the Swedish Embassy, Islamabad and the Swedish Institute (SI), Stockholm, is facilitated so as to provide an opportunity to selected Youth Parliament members to understand the Swedish political and Parliamentary system and engage in a meaningful dialogue with Swedish youth counterparts on issues of mutual interest and concern.

The Youth Parliament Pakistan, an initiative of PILDAT since 2007, engages Youth in Pakistan in healthy discourse, expose them to democratic process and practices and facilitates free but structured expression of their views.

Patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan, the Youth Parliament Pakistan consists of 60 young men and women who represent the four provinces, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad Capital Territory in proportion to the population of these units. The Youth Parliament follows its own two-Party System, an elected Leaders of the House or Youth Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, a Youth Cabinet, a Shadow Cabinet and Standing Committees. There are two mock parties: The Blue Party (Liberal) and The Green Party (Moderate).

An independent Steering Committee comprising veteran and young members of Pakistan’s Parliament oversees the selection and functioning of Youth Parliament Pakistan including Senator S. M. Zafar, Mr. Wazir Ahmad Jogezai, former Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan, Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Deputy Speaker National Assembly of Pakistan, Patron Youth Parliament Pakistan; Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, MNA, Chairman National Assembly Standing Committee on Commerce, Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan, MNA, Secretary Young Parliamentarians Forum, Mr. Nadeem Afzal Gondal, MNA, Chairman Public Accounts Committee and Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President PILDAT.

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