Mashhood believes youth can do ‘magic’

[Dubious]

17 HOURS AGO BY STAFF REPORT

Only youth can save Pakistan from divisions and terrorism, said Punjab Minister for Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Friday while addressing the concluding session of three-day National “Pur Amn (Peaceful) Pakistan Conference” held at a local hotel.

The Punjab government, Umeed Jawan and BARGAD Youth Development Organisation jointly organised the conference with the objective to engage youth in positive activities, discuss National Action Plan to counter terrorism and give a way forward to counter extremism in the society through healthy participation of youth.

BARGAD Executive Director Sabiha Shaheen, Sarwat Jahan of Umeed Jawan, Sadia Atta of UNFPA, Bahauddin Zikrya University Vice Chancellor Dr Khawaja Alqma, Muhammad Waseem of Interactive Resource Centre, Shahzad Ahmed, Mubashir Akram and Salma Butt also addressed the concluding session.


Mashhood believes youth can do ‘magic’ | Pakistan Today


ONLY YOUTH CAN SAVE PAKISTAN FROM DIVISIONS: RANA MASHOOD
Muzaffar Ali


Saturday, May 30, 2015 - Lahore—Punjab minister for Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan, on Friday, said only youth can save Pakistan from divisions and terrorism.

He said the Punjab government would soon start programme to help and sponsor admissions of toppers in various grades to get admission in world’s prominent universities hoping that they would come back and serve the nation.

He was addressing the concluding session of three-day national “Pur Amn (Peaceful) Pakistan Conference” held at Hotel Pearl Continental. The Punjab government, Umeed Jawan, and Bargad Youth Development organization jointly organized the conference with the objective to engage youth in positive activities; discuss National Action Plan to counter terrorism; and give a way forward to counter extremism in the society through healthy participation of youth.

More than 300 students across Pakistan’s public and private universities, teachers, academics, peace activists and parliamentarians participated in the conference. Parents and families of many children killed in Army Public School Peshawar also attended the conference.

The conference, on concluding day, recommended the federal and provincial governments to take stern action against all types of extremists and terrorist groups without any discrimination of “good” or “bad”. The conference declaration called the government for taking effective measures to curb hate speech and hate material in general books and textbooks.

The participants urged the government to bring positive changes in curriculum to make society inclusive and plural. The declaration also demanded the government to bring clarity in the proposed cyber crime bill so that freedom of expression is ensured and any possible misuse of the law is stopped. The conference also called for observing December 16 as a National Day to show resolve against terrorism in the memory of more than 150 students and teachers killing in Peshawar. Parents of the victim students raised this demand, strongly.

Sabiha Shaheen, executive director Bargad, Sarwat Jahan of Umeed Jawan, Sadia Atta of UNFPA, vice chancellor Bahauddin Zikrya University Dr Khawaja Alqma, Muhammad Waseem of Interactive Resource Center, Shahzad Ahmed, Mubashir Akram and Salma Butt also addressed the concluding session.

Only youth can save Pakistan from divisions: Rana Mashood


Good move

Finally some are waking up! Alhamdulillah!

 

[Dubious]

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I dont know how many of you are youth and how many babay...But whatever ;)

pakistani youth motivational songs compiliation | Tune.pk

 

[NIA]

17 HOURS AGO BY STAFF REPORT

Only youth can save Pakistan from divisions and terrorism, said Punjab Minister for Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashhood Ahmed Khan on Friday while addressing the concluding session of three-day National “Pur Amn (Peaceful) Pakistan Conference” held at a local hotel.

The Punjab government, Umeed Jawan and BARGAD Youth Development Organisation jointly organised the conference with the objective to engage youth in positive activities, discuss National Action Plan to counter terrorism and give a way forward to counter extremism in the society through healthy participation of youth.

BARGAD Executive Director Sabiha Shaheen, Sarwat Jahan of Umeed Jawan, Sadia Atta of UNFPA, Bahauddin Zikrya University Vice Chancellor Dr Khawaja Alqma, Muhammad Waseem of Interactive Resource Centre, Shahzad Ahmed, Mubashir Akram and Salma Butt also addressed the concluding session.


Mashhood believes youth can do ‘magic’ | Pakistan Today


ONLY YOUTH CAN SAVE PAKISTAN FROM DIVISIONS: RANA MASHOOD
Muzaffar Ali


Saturday, May 30, 2015 - Lahore—Punjab minister for Education and Youth Affairs Rana Mashood Ahmed Khan, on Friday, said only youth can save Pakistan from divisions and terrorism.

He said the Punjab government would soon start programme to help and sponsor admissions of toppers in various grades to get admission in world’s prominent universities hoping that they would come back and serve the nation.

He was addressing the concluding session of three-day national “Pur Amn (Peaceful) Pakistan Conference” held at Hotel Pearl Continental. The Punjab government, Umeed Jawan, and Bargad Youth Development organization jointly organized the conference with the objective to engage youth in positive activities; discuss National Action Plan to counter terrorism; and give a way forward to counter extremism in the society through healthy participation of youth.

More than 300 students across Pakistan’s public and private universities, teachers, academics, peace activists and parliamentarians participated in the conference. Parents and families of many children killed in Army Public School Peshawar also attended the conference.

The conference, on concluding day, recommended the federal and provincial governments to take stern action against all types of extremists and terrorist groups without any discrimination of “good” or “bad”. The conference declaration called the government for taking effective measures to curb hate speech and hate material in general books and textbooks.

The participants urged the government to bring positive changes in curriculum to make society inclusive and plural. The declaration also demanded the government to bring clarity in the proposed cyber crime bill so that freedom of expression is ensured and any possible misuse of the law is stopped. The conference also called for observing December 16 as a National Day to show resolve against terrorism in the memory of more than 150 students and teachers killing in Peshawar. Parents of the victim students raised this demand, strongly.

Sabiha Shaheen, executive director Bargad, Sarwat Jahan of Umeed Jawan, Sadia Atta of UNFPA, vice chancellor Bahauddin Zikrya University Dr Khawaja Alqma, Muhammad Waseem of Interactive Resource Center, Shahzad Ahmed, Mubashir Akram and Salma Butt also addressed the concluding session.

Only youth can save Pakistan from divisions: Rana Mashood


Good move

Finally some are waking up! Alhamdulillah!

He is 100% correct...Rise of youth is must for every nation..

 

[Leader]

the guy was shown taking bribe on cameras... he was still not investigated nor removed. lol.

 

[Dubious]

the guy was shown taking bribe on cameras... he was still not investigated nor removed. lol.

I dont want this thread going in shit...I am more interested in the msg....

the guy was shown taking bribe on cameras... he was still not investigated nor removed. lol.

I have the songs on the 2nd post for him

 

[ArsalanKhan21]

He is 100% correct...Rise of youth is must for every nation..

You never know how a youngster will turn out. They are impressionable and do not take other opinions. The US Presidential election cycle is nearly 2 years long where each candidate is judged long and unqualified get eliminated. The experience, competency, maturity and working in group environment are very important.

 

[Dubious]

Democratize Pakistan’s Youth
Most of Pakistan's population is under 29. Pakistan needs to engage them in the democratic process through student government associations in colleges.

• BY ATHAR JAVAID, ANAM ABDULLA, DAVID SILVERMAN
• MAY 13, 2015

In 1980, Pakistan reached a demographic milestone; adults constituted 52 percent of the total population. Since then, a demographic transition has taken place. Now 110 million of Pakistan’s 180 million citizens are 29 years old or younger, and 50 million are between the ages of 15 and 29. This “demographic dividend” is expected to last until 2045, after which the average age will increase rapidly. Before this demographic transition comes to pass, it is critical that Pakistani youth are mobilized in productive ways, gainfully employed, and politically enfranchised. Otherwise, the future of Pakistan may well be defined by political, economic, and social tumult.

Thankfully, the current demographic landscape could portend a brighter future for Pakistan. One recent study stated that a substantial majority of Pakistani youth believe that they will have a role in changing the country for the better. (They are also better educated than their parents; the same study cited statistics that showed the most educated person in 50 percent of all Pakistani households is now below the age of 30.) In fact, the significant rate of youth participation — 63 percent — in the 2013 national elections demonstrates that young Pakistanis channel their concerns for Pakistan’s future in a democratic way and seek to participate in the country’s political discourse.

However, concerns for the future of Pakistani democracy persist. The country’s largest demographic is disillusioned and pessimistic — 94 percent of Pakistani youth thought the nation was on the wrong path — and only a small proportion of them have confidence in national or local governments, the courts, or the police. A survey of Pakistan’s 18-29 year olds conducted before the May 2013 elections revealed that only 29 percent saw democracy as a model system of governance; 32 percent favored military rule; and 38 percent believed the best option was a system of Islamic Sharia.

This disillusionment could be the result of various elements, such as the government’s inability to ensure universal civil liberties and provide basic services. Pakistan was rated 5 on the Freedom House Civil Liberties Index in 2015, on a scale of 1 to 7, where 7 is considered the worst. Basic services are also lacking; 40 percent of Pakistan’s population suffers from malnutrition,energy shortages prevail throughout the country and violence against minorities has witnessed an alarming increase. The lack of a seasoned democratic political process has added to this disillusionment, since until the 2013 elections, no civilian government had been able to transfer power to another civilian government successfully. However, it is the weakness of the country’s educational system that is the greatest threat to the survival of Pakistani democracy.

For the 71 percent of youth who have obtained some sort of formal education, there has been little reinforcement of democratic ideals. Arshed Bhatti, a noted development practitioner, put it succinctly: “Our educational system is actually anti-democratic and does not promote the democratic system.” In his view, instead of creating class harmony, the educational system reinforces class divisions and biases through Pakistan’s conflicting methods of education (i.e., private, public, and madrassa). Moreover, journalist Zubeida Mustafa believes that “the other very important role of education is to develop the capacity to think on a collective level, which unfortunately is lacking [in Pakistan].”

A 2010 study conducted by educator Muhammad Nazir, explored the potential for democratic changes in Pakistan’s educational practices by surveying public and private school teachers from urban and rural areas of Baluchistan and Sindh provinces. He found that educational practices in Pakistan are authoritarian and bureaucratic in action and that collaboration and reflection do not play a part in the teacher’s decision-making processes across schools. In fact, he noted that teachers across both public and private schools were not comfortable with the idea of educational change through participatory or democratic approaches.

These perspectives demonstrate the lack of forums in schools and universities for the promotion of democratic ideals, values, or frameworks, which are critical if the demographic distribution is to pay a dividend and not incur a deficit.

Many writers have written about what a school with democratic values should look like, and according to international education professor Lynn Davies, “basic political education for students is not enough; democratizing the actual forms and organization of schooling itself is required.” Davies rightly proposed that individual schools should also look within their own environments to ensure that cultural and local factors are incorporated while creating management systems based on democratic principles.

Coupling the current state of the education system with the youth’s pessimism regarding Pakistan’s trajectory, there is a clear need to provide a platform for students to organize and learn about the democratic process within their educational institutions. The establishment of Student Government Associations (SGA) within schools and universities is one way to achieve this.

By providing students with a form of representation and a pluralistic environment for leadership development, SGAs will encourage civic engagement and participation in democratic processes. To ensure that these associations accord with local and cultural factors, as Davies suggested, SGAs can be designed to emulate the structure of the National Central Government, consisting of executive, legislative and judicial branches. Just like the actual electoral process, the SGAs can also have election committees that facilitate fair and legitimate polls, remind students about their civic duties, such as voting, and provide information on student candidates.

The provision of a platform for students to become involved in an apolitical and mock democratic process will not only improve their educational experiences but will also give them an opportunity to learn first-hand about the importance of pluralistic and democratic organizational systems. The creation of SGAs can be the first step in achieving a grassroots solution that mitigates youth disillusionment and supports democratic processes. Over a longer horizon, SGAs will provide leadership development and organizational training, fostering a future generation of selfless leaders — a political class that Pakistan sorely needs, supported by an electorate that the world cannot afford to ignore.


Democratize Pakistan’s Youth | Foreign Policy

Good points but I have no idea what these studies are and how they took samples from Baluchistan and Sindh and concluded that it is the whole of Pakistan is absurd!

 

[Al Bhatti]

I hope i be proven wrong, but in general nothing will change unless the current lot of politicians and their family members and relatives are DEAD

If they don't die today it means it will take around approximately 70 years keeping in view the ages of the current politicians and some years for their next generation before we start seeing any big impact or change.

 

[Imran Khan]

youth is busy with mobiles and bachi lolzz

 

[Dubious]

youth is busy with mobiles and bachi lolzz

Tussi youth mein nai attay

 

[Imran Khan]

Tussi youth mein nai attay

konsi youth ? youth of 80s????????

 

[WAJsal]

Only a handful among the current youth(including me) can change our country, lolz.

youth is busy with mobiles and bachi lolzz

Bat to sahe hai.

 

[Dubious]

konsi youth ? youth of 80s????????

Youth of 80s are babay of today ...Tussi hi Kuch kero babay g!

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Youth that can do anything leave country to USA, CANADA , UK , AUSTRALIA , MIDDLE EAST

Education system and job system is broken in Pakistan

Country is ruled by people with fake degrees earning Lakh-Crore in bank loans and salaries

 

[Dubious]

Youth that can do anything leave country to USA, CANADA , UK , AUSTRALIA , MIDDLE EAST

Education system and job system is broken in Pakistan

Country is ruled by people with fake degrees earning Lakh-Crore in bank loans and salaries

Ok Mr. Negative...thread was supposed to do magic not discourage