October 3; PILDAT has launched the first-ever
Youth Provincial Assembly Punjab by inviting Expressions of Interest from young
people from across all districts of Punjab.
The Youth Provincial Assembly Punjab is a new
PILDAT initiative, which is patterned after the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.
Its membership, 40 in total, is to be drawn from across districts of Punjab.
The specific objectives of the YPAP are to groom the leadership potential of
the youth from Punjab to help them articulate their views on national and provincial
policies in an informed and structured manner through dialogue and debates.
PILDAT has been successfully running the Youth
Parliament Pakistan on the national basis since 2007. In 2013, PILDAT established
and facilitated the first-ever Youth Provincial Assembly Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
(YPA-KP) focussed on engaging with the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Youth in a healthy
discourse and exposing them to democratic process and practices.
Following is the criteria for selection of YPAP
members:
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Interested candidates should be citizens of Pakistan and
domicile holder of a district of Punjab
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Age of interested candidates should not be less than 18
years and more than 29 years on January 01, 2016.
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Interested candidates should be able to read and write
Urdu
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There should be no criminal record against interested
candidates in Pakistan or abroad
Young people interested in becoming members
can log on to:
to obtain further details and are able to both apply online or send their completed
Expressions of Interest by email. The deadline of submission of Expressions
of Interest is Friday, October 07, 2016.
Former members of Youth Parliament
Pakistan belonging to the Punjab province can also join the selection process
for YPAP membership.