Youth take up electoral reforms, climate change issue with MNAs
Across the globe, more than 400 large cities with a total population of 1.5 billion are at high or extreme risk due to some mixture of life-shortening pollution, dwindling water supplies, deadly heat waves, natural disasters and climate change. PHOTO: AFP
In a UNDP-PILDAT Youth and Parliamentarians Dialogue held on Friday, the young representatives shared their policy demands with MPAs in the areas of human rights, electoral reforms, climate change and revival of student unions.
Young representatives belonging to various disciplines from Quaid-e-Azam University Islamabad presented their policy demands. Notable faculty members from Quaid e Azam University also attended the session.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Youth Affairs Shiza Fatima Khawaja highlighted and presented the issues faced by youth and those close to the heart of youth. She invited the members of the youth to come up with research and suggestions to further improve the policies of water conservation and other aspects highlighted by the youth in their presentations.
In an ensuing discussion between MNAs and Youth on Future Engagement Plan, it was agreed that the SDG secretariat and the Prime Minister's office will make themselves more accessible to the youth.
PILDAT Senior Projects Manager Faheem Ahmed Khan gave an overview of the project.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 4th, 2022.