Madressahs in Pakistan should be regulated in terms of the curriculum and funds they receive: Members, Youth Parliament Pakistan
Islamabad, September
17; A resolution adopted in the House today proposed that Madressahs
should be regulated in terms of the curriculum and funds they receive
in order to meet the needs of today’s human resource market and
to prevent the spread of hate-speech and extremism.
The Resolution was put
forward in the House by Mr.
Aaqib Ali Khan (YP3-05-KP01), Mr.
Tayyab Shahnawaz (YP3-30-PUNJAB19), Mr.
Hamza Nizam Kazi (YP3-42-SINDH03), Syed
Hassaan Hassan Hashmi (YP3-51-SINDH12) and Haseeb
Ullah Baloch (YP3-43-SINDH04).
Mr.
Awais Khan (YP3-19-PUNJAB08), Ms.
Ayesha Arif Khan (YP3-40-SINDH01), Ms.
Ayesha Hayat (YP3-20-PUNJAB09), Mr.
Muhammad Farhan (YP3-28-PUNJAB17), Syed
Muhammad Uzair (YP3-10-KP06) and
Mr. Muhammad Adnan (YP3-27-PUNJAB16) moved a resolution
in the House that the private businesses should not be allowed to generate
media ratings, as they are easy targets of manipulation and corruption.
This adversely affects the business of other private channels. Members
proposed the Government to establish an independent Monitoring body
to ensure correct reporting of the rating data.
In another business forwarded
in the House today young Members recommended that student counseling
centers should be established and mentor- student relationship be given
rise in every school and college (with minimum strength of 250) across
the country to help students cope with curriculum and psychological
issues. This resolution was tabled in the House by Mr.
Muhammad Usman Amjad (YP3-32-PUNJAB21), Ms.
Marina Marri (YP3-45-SINDH06), Mr.
Ans Khurram (YP3-15-PUNJAB04) and Mr.
Zain Ul Abideen Sohail (YP3-31-PUNAJB20). Both resolutions
were adopted.
On the second last day
of the third session of Youth Parliament Pakistan, Mr. Ahmed
Bilal Mehboob, President PILDAT briefed the Members on the
Electoral Reforms in Pakistan. Some of the recommendations discussed
by Mr. Mehboob were:
- Returning officers and the Polling staff should be trained effectively
- Number of Polling stations across Pakistan should be increased and made permanent
- A legal cover should be provided on the strict compliance of electoral code of conduct
- The ECP should strengthen system of constituency monitors.
- Parliamentary Committee on Electoral Reforms should expeditiously complete its work.
- Moreover, Election Tribunals’
Decisions identified many flaws that need to be addressed.
In a lecture delivered
to the House today on “Local Governments”, Syed
Jaffer Ahmed, Director Pakistan Studies Centre, University
of Karachi, young Members were briefed about the importance and challenges
faced in electing local Governments and their position vis-à-vis
Provincial & Federal Governments.
Four Youth Standing Committees
of 7th Youth Parliament Pakistan will present and defend their Committee
Policy Recommendations tomorrow to a Panel of Experts on the following
areas:
- Pakistan’s National Action Plan (December 2014): What is the State of its Implementation and Possible Proposals for Effective Implementation & Oversight.
- Pakistan’s Extended Fund Facility (EFF) Plan with the IMF and its Short-Term and Long-Term Economic Impact on Pakistan.
- Is Pakistan more suited to adopt the Proportional Representation (PR) Electoral System versus the First-Past-The-Post (FPTP) Electoral System: Rationale & Proposals
- What are the best International
models for measuring Quality of Governance and why?
60 new Members
of the 7th Youth Parliament Pakistan will complete their 5-day Session
in Islamabad tomorrow.
The Youth Parliament
Pakistan is an initiative conceived, planned and facilitated by PILDAT.
The 7th Youth Parliament Pakistan is supported by the Danish International Development Agency, Government of Denmark as recognition of the importance of young people's involvement in democracy and democratic practices.
