Children Parliament Pakistan

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The first ever children parliament of its kind was launched on November 14, 2008, by the Society for the Protection of the Rights of Child (SPARC) to raise awareness and promote child rights in Pakistan.

Contents

The members are elected from different schools of Islamabad, Peshawar, Faisalabad, Mithi, Kohlu, Balakot, Karachi, Lahore etc. All the members of the national assembly are elected for duration of one year at a time. [1]

Objectives

The basic objectives of the Children's Parliament of Pakistan (CPP) are to provide rights to every child in Pakistan and to: [1] [2]

In addition, the Children's Parliament serves as a voice for 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: [1]

Year 2010-2011

៛ AAMIR ALI SILRO (DEPUTY SPEAKER, LARKANA SESSION 2010-2011)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Children Parliament elected to promote child rights | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online". Archived from the original on 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  2. http://pakobserver.net/201006/03/detailnews.asp?id=34449%5B‍%5D