First Session : "YOUTH ALIENATION" Ms. Gul Mina Bilal said that there must be accountability system in our society, we people have become materialistic and individualist having no concern with other issues, she criticized the governemt for banning the student unions at the universities.She said " we must not ban our student union for the reason of showing violence although they have been under the influence of political parties." Ms. Sabhia Shaheen said that the word alienation means unawareness from our problems and showing no concern with the matters pertaining to youth in reality they are not aware but they have been made unaware by the government. She said" We have not been allowed to ask question from our teachers, Youth are 25% of our society the age of youth vary with many precision but it is considered to be age between 15 years to 29 years, there are about 35 million people fall within the definition of youth, The youth ministry have been established two years back with the budget of 1.1 million now it has been increased up to 2.2 million, The Youth Ministry formulated three policies but there have been no implementation on them, after the ban on student union the violence has increased. Mr. Qaiser Raza Rana said, " when I came to the conference the youths activists were already there it shows the positive sign that youth are willing to undertake any task being assigned to them" .He added that 80% of youth are dwelling in rural areas or remote areas, there is need to train, reform and civilized those youth living in rural areas by providing with the basic education, in Local body election youth have actively participated although majority have not been incorporated in voter list, there must be uniform education system and equal access of education, we must discourage the system of nepotism and favoritism which has damaged our roots, the individual effort can turn into collective effort. Mr. I. A. Rehman addressing the young participants said that you people are lucky that you have determined your rights and duties otherwise it requires a lot of time to ascertain the rights, youth is the person who virtually plays role in the society, there is no single convention for youth, the word youth has also not been mentioned in the fundamental rights, the person who does not participate in politics or take interest he may not be a living person, the demand of rights like education, water, equal status etc are also politics, the progress and prosperity of any country can be seen through the active participation of youth, there must be equal opportunities for every person, equality in merits and freedom to express your views, the student union help to organize the youth, SECOND SESSION "DEARTH OF YOUNG LEADERASHIP IN PAKISTAN" Mr. Cecil Chahudhry said that the young leaders are not being allowed to blossom in the country, how would our politicians allow them to come forward and take the leadership in their hand, basically there are two major problems one is education today it has become an aimless education system in Pakistan, there is no particular career a youth is going to pursue, youth must set their goal at the very initial stage of their life, we have stopped discussing moral education which is the most important, there is a motto of an institution that "Knowledge with virtue" the virtue has been taken out from our education that's why people has become evil, second is future leadership of this country unfortunately we have been misguided by our religious extremists, you have to make a stand on your own with the help of tolerance, peace and harmony. Mr. Asif Khan told that he was in Manila the observers from Europe and Asia were there to discuss that the growth rate has reduced to one child whereas our population is growing rapidly and cities are spreading to far and remote areas, He told that in 1906 Muslim League came into being and it was considered as a party of Nawab and feudal as separate electorate whereas Indian Congress had advantage of being organized party in Sub – Continent, Many Countries of the world introduced Land Reforms after they had been declared as a democratic states, there had been military rule for 33 years in Pakistan, General Ayub Khan ruled for 11 years, General Zia ul Haq ruled for 11 years, General Yahya Khan reigned for 4 Years and presently General Musharaf has ruled for 7 years, whereas the period of democracy remained for 20 to 21 years within that stipulated time 2o Prime Minister had been dismissed, we cannot progress without youth leadership, the political parties doesnot induct young blood, during the USSR intervention in Afghanistan many young people were inspired through religious fanatics to fight against the Soviet Army. Mr. Peter Andreas Bochmann said that Pakistan government spend 40% of their budget on military forces if they curtail their budget and spend the remaining on education, to develop new ideas and youth need to be trained, the ban on student federation are not a positive or wise step they must find appropriate solution of the problem to stop the violence, the civic education must be a subject or part of curriculum in the school. It is the task of the youth to introduce civic education by printing books and educating people by holding seminars and workshops, there is need to have a network or alliance with other youth organization. At the end of the session, the floor was opened to the participants. After the Q&A session , president fyg Abbas Sarwar Qureshi thanked the audience and HRCP, and informed the participants that such events will continue to take place in other cities also. The participants appreciated the activity and many new comers became fyg members. Report and Minutes Prepared By: Mr. Muhammad Usman Ghani Seminar at Lahore "THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN" The Seminar on "The Future of Democracy in Pakistan" was organized by Future Youth Group in collaboration with Liberal Forum Pakistan on July 02, 2006 at the Avari Hotel, Lahore. The seminar was a part of series of seminars which were held to support and promote democracy and liberal values in Pakistan by presenting the real picture of the state of democracy in the country at present. The guests who were invited to deliberate on the issue were: 1- Mr. Aitzaz Hassan (MNA) While discussing the state of democracy in the country, the speakers also enlightened the audience and members about the recently signed charter of democracy. The speakers shared their valuable ideas, bitter experiences and their efforts for the restoration of democracy in Pakistan. The Seminar commenced at 4:00 pm, Mr. Nasir Bhatti S.V. President (FYG) opened the floor with the introduction about the Future Youth Group, its contribution towards democracy by creating political awareness among youth and also holding seminars and workshops in order to develop and promote the passion for democracy among the citizens of Pakistan. He thanked the guests and audience for sparing their precious time to attend such an important seminar, he discussed the problems of youth, development of democracy and welfare of the society, he was looking forward to share the experience and knowledge of the intellectual guests.
2- Miss Kashmala Tariq (MNA)
3- Mr. Asif Khan (chairperson lfp)
4- Mr. Khurram Dataghir Khan( MNA)
5- Mr. Abbas Sarwar Qureshi (Chairperson FYG)
6- Mr. Rana Mashood (MPA)
7- Dr. Mubashar Hassan(Former federal minister)
8- Mr. Farooq Amjad Meer(MNA)
