Faisalabad: October 19, 2010. (PCP) On 16th October 2010, Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation (AWAM) organized a seminar on the theme “Priorities for the National Interest and Democratic System in Pakistan” in collaboration with Liaison for Enforcement of Human Rights (LEHR) and Taiwan Foundation for Democracy (TFD).
Aasia Sohail said, “Accountability, transparency and fair elections are important factors for Democracy, therefore civil society must highlight evil practices in the cover of democratic set up so that the benefits of democracy reach to the citizens of Pakistan without any discrimination.”
The speakers for supreme national interest demanded that: all state institutions should function in accordance with the constitution, should avoid confrontation and respect jurisdiction of each institution; government should ensure good governance by improving its performance and credibility by implementation on the orders of the judiciary, and must withdraw its support for corrupt people by taking strict action against elements involved in the corruption in order to recover the economic loss of the country from their possession; government must follow the lawful means for the appointment in the state institutions in order to promote the culture of merit system, and must take legal action against the parliamentarians resorting fake graduation degree for their access to the legislative assembly; government must ensure the culture of transparency and accountability by making flood relief operation free of corruption in order to restore the confidence of Pakistanis and international community for the aid in favour of flood affected people; government must impose tax on landlords and industrialists, and must utilize that money in order to control poverty and inflation; all political parties should avoid criticism on each other, and should adopt the policy of dialogue for the stability of democratic system and for dealing with the current crises in Pakistan; government must take practical steps for the removal of social, cultural, religious, legal and political barriers in the way of women’s empowerment.
The speakers for supreme national interest demanded that: all state institutions should function in accordance with the constitution, should avoid confrontation and respect jurisdiction of each institution; government should ensure good governance by improving its performance and credibility by implementation on the orders of the judiciary, and must withdraw its support for corrupt people by taking strict action against elements involved in the corruption in order to recover the economic loss of the country from their possession; government must follow the lawful means for the appointment in the state institutions in order to promote the culture of merit system, and must take legal action against the parliamentarians resorting fake graduation degree for their access to the legislative assembly; government must ensure the culture of transparency and accountability by making flood relief operation free of corruption in order to restore the confidence of Pakistanis and international community for the aid in favour of flood affected people; government must impose tax on landlords and industrialists, and must utilize that money in order to control poverty and inflation; all political parties should avoid criticism on each other, and should adopt the policy of dialogue for the stability of democratic system and for dealing with the current crises in Pakistan; government must take practical steps for the removal of social, cultural, religious, legal and political barriers in the way of women’s empowerment.
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