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About Youth Parliament Pakistan |
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Introduction |
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To engage youth in Pakistan in healthy discourse and expose them to the democratic process and practices, PILDAT launched the project of first-ever Youth Parliament Pakistan in 2007. Members of Youth Parliament Pakistan are selected for duration of a year at a time. The first batch of Youth Parliament Pakistan was selected in 2007 and from thereon, Youth Parliament has had three batches so far including 2007 batch, 2008-2009 batch and 2009-2010 batch. Establishment and facilitation of the Youth Parliament Pakistan 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.
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Objectives |
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The specific objectives of Youth Parliament Pakistan are to educate Pakistani Youth about politics and democracy and to demonstrate to them how Parliaments are able: |
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In addition Youth parliament Pakistan serves as a useful forum to voice views of the Youth about a range of national and international issues. The debates in the Youth Parliament Pakistan are meant to not only help the young members in their personal development as a useful citizen, these also serve the purpose of articulating views of the youth on vital issues facing the nation and conveying these to the Government. |
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Key Features of the Youth Parliament Pakistan |
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As a model
Parliament for young people, the Youth Parliament Pakistan is
patterned after the National Assembly of Pakistan although its
membership is smaller than that of the National Assembly.
Wherever possible, the Youth Parliament of Pakistan follows
the rules of procedures as close to the National Assembly of
Pakistan as practical. However, practices from other
Parliaments are also adopted to expose Pakistani Youth to
comparative parliamentary practices.
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Membership |
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The total membership of Youth Parliament
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60.
The breakdown of membership is as follows:
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Provinces/Areas |
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Punjab |
28 | |||
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Sindh |
12 | |||
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) |
07 | |||
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Balochistan |
05 | |||
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Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) |
03 | |||
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Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) |
02 | |||
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Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) |
02 | |||
| Gilgit-Baltistan (NA) | 01 | |||
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Total Membership |
60 | |||
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Age |
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Only those
young Pakistanis who are between the ages of 18-29 years
on January 01, 2012 are eligible to apply for membership of
the Youth Parliament Pakistan 2012 batch. |
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Gender |
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Gender ratio is based on selection on
open merit. In Youth Parliament Pakistan 2009-2010 batch,
Female representation was 21 % compared to 79% male
representation. |
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Travel Allowance |
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A limited
travel allowance will be available for those members who are
based outside Rawalpindi/Islamabad area. Travel allowance is
only available for those selected members whose travel cost to
reach Islamabad exceeds a certain amount and is calculated on
the basis of first-class return train travel. |
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Rules of Procedures and Conduct of Business in the Youth Parliament Pakistan |
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The Youth
Parliament Pakistan Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business
are specially drafted learning from the National Assembly of
Pakistan Rules and from other Youth Parliaments around the
World. Rules of Procedures and Manual of Youth Parliament
Pakistan are provided to new members at the time of
Orientation after their selection. |
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Youth Parliament Cabinet |
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Youth
Parliament Pakistan elects a six member cabinet and a shadow
cabinet along with six Standing Committees and a Business
Advisory Committee. |
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Secretariat of the Youth Parliament Pakistan |
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As the
project implementer, PILDAT is the Secretariat of the Youth
Parliament of Pakistan. |
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Members’ Political Affiliation |
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There is no
bar on the actual political affiliation of the members. Youth
Parliament Pakistan has two mock political parties: the Blue
Party (Liberal) and the Green Party (Traditional) and members
are asked to join either one of the political parties for the
purpose of Youth Parliament. Joining one of the parties is
obligatory for members. The party with majority of members
forms the Youth Government. |
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Minimum Working Days |
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The Youth
Parliament Pakistan meets for a minimum of 25 working days
at 05 sessions in a year. |
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Venue |
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© 2007-2012 Youth Parliament Pakistan |