Children Parliament Pakistan
The first ever children parliament of its kind was launched on Friday 14 November 2008 by Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) to raise awareness and promote child rights in the country.
The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi and Lahore etc. All the members of national assembly are elected for duration of one year at a time. [1]
Objectives
The basic objectives of Children Parliament of Pakistan (CPP) is to provide the rights to every child of Pakistan and to: [2] [3]
- End child labor
- Educate every child
- Provide medical facilities to children
- Protect the children
In addition Children Parliament serves as a voice of children to convey the problems and difficulties faced by the children of Pakistan to government.
Members
Year 2008-2009
Session 2008-2009 had 34 members some of which are: [4]
- Bakht Jamshaid (Speaker Cpp and present SG)
- Muhammad Umar iqbal (PM)
- Saad Bashir (Chairman)
- Komal Rizwan (Law Minister)
- Muhammad Abbas Khan Niazi (Health Minister)
- Mashal (Education Minister)
- Tallha Rizwan (Present PM)
- Bakhtawar Jabeen (Opposition Leader)
- Abbas Jamal
- Zain Abid
- Ali Khalid
- Zainab
- Ibrahim Niazi
- Nelaish Kumar
- Syed Amna Zubia
- Pershant Sharma (Child labor minister)
Year 2010-2011
- Muhammad Umar Saleem (MNA) party APP
- Shaikh Muhammad Hassan Ali (Minister of Anti-Narcotics) party APP
- Mahnoor Hassan (Opposition Leader) party PCAP
- Muhammad Saif Jamshed Baryar (Speaker) party APP
- Talha Bin Rizwan (Prime Minister) party APP
- Sharjeel Larik (Law Minister) party APP
៛ AAMIR ALI SILRO (DEPUTY SPEAKER, LARKANA SESSION 2010-2011)
References
- ↑ http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/15-Nov-2008/Children-Parliament-elected-to-promote-child-rights
- ↑ http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/15-Nov-2008/Children-Parliament-elected-to-promote-child-rights
- ↑ http://pakobserver.net/201006/03/detailnews.asp?id=34449
- ↑ http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/15-Nov-2008/Children-Parliament-elected-to-promote-child-rights