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Youth Parliament Pakistan Study Visit to Sweden

Stockholm, November 27: The Youth Parliament Pakistan delegation that is in Stockholm for a week-long study visit, met and interacted today with the Coordinator and Senior Legal Advisor of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, Ms. Charlotte De Geer Fallman.  Elaborating the jurisdiction of the Parliamentary Ombudsman, she outlined the parameters and the mechanism deployed by the ombudsman to ensure accountability in the Swedish society. The members of Youth Parliament Pakistan briefed her about the legal framework of Pakistan’s Federal ombudsman- Wafaqi Mohtasib.

The meeting at the parliamentary ombudsman was followed by the guided tour of Riksdag, the Swedish Parliament. In an interaction with Mr. Anders Norin, the Deputy Clerk of the Chamber of Riksdag the Youth Parliamentarians were briefed about the Constitutional History, Legislative Procedures, Parliamentary Committee System, Electoral Process and the working norms of Riksdag. This was followed by an interactive question-answer session.

During the meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, representatives from the divisions of the Swedish Foreign Ministry including EU, UN, Human Rights and Trade gave a detailed presentation regarding the pivotal role played by the Sweden.

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 are 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 (www.youthparliament.pk) is a PILDAT (www.pildat.org) project that provides a platform for Pakistani Youth. It is patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan with 60 members from all over the country. The Youth Parliament membership is selected from across the country for a one-year term. Establishment and facilitation of the Youth Parliament is part of PILDAT's focus on Youth in the country and Youth's awareness education and training in the norms of politics and democracy in the country. PILDAT strongly feels that sustainable democracy and the sustainability of sound democratic institutions in Pakistan is not possible without youth's involvement in the democratic and political process even if this involvement is simply as a citizen or voter.

The Youth Parliament Pakistan has its own 2-Party system, the Leader of the House and the Leader of the Opposition, a Youth Cabinet, a Shadow Cabinet and Parliamentary Committees. Senator S. M. Zafar, serves as a chairman of the Youth Parliament Steering Committee while Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, MNA, Deputy Speaker National Assembly is the Patron of Youth Parliament. Other notable members of the Steering Committee include Mr. Wazir Ahmad Jogezai, former Deputy Speaker; Dr. Donya Aziz, MNA; Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan, MNA and Ms. Anusha Rahman Khan, MNA and Mr. Nadeem Afzal Gondal, MNA.

The Youth Parliament Pakistan consists of 60 young men and women who represent the four provinces including, FATA, Gilgit-Baltistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Islamabad Capital Territory in proportion to the population of these units. The first-ever batch of Youth Parliament Pakistan completed its first term successfully in 2007-2008, second batch completed its term in 2008-2009, Third batch of Youth Parliament Pakistan completed its term in 2010 and the Fourth batch of Youth Parliament Pakistan completed its term in 2012. The induction of the Fifth Parliament is under process.

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