{"id":1351,"date":"2017-11-24T06:49:41","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:49:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/?page_id=1351"},"modified":"2017-11-24T06:52:04","modified_gmt":"2017-11-24T06:52:04","slug":"provincial-level-seminar-on-shrinking-political-space-for-minorities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/provincial-level-seminar-on-shrinking-political-space-for-minorities\/","title":{"rendered":"“Provincial Level Seminar on \u2018Shrinking Political Space for Minorities”"},"content":{"rendered":"

This initiative aimed to empower minority citizens to participate in political & electoral processes by\u00a0building their capacity to articulate their issues effectively, while also urging\u00a0parliament to replace undemocratic method of filling the minority seats of assemblies with an inclusive and democratic method\u00a0and\u00a0engage parliamentarians to\u00a0better represent these communities on the floor of assembly\u00a0and to garner support from local councilors to address issues faced by minorities at the grassroots level.\u201d\u00a0It was attended largely civil society, media, lawyers, parliamentarians think tanks, activists local councilors from 5 project districts & religious leaders from all faiths.<\/p>\n

The key participants were<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Mr. Asif Aqeel\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Journalist\/Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ms. Shunila Ruth MPA PTI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Punjab Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Prof. Dr. Hassan Amir Shah\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 VC GC college & University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Sarwar Bari\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NC Pattan & Chairperson FAFEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. M. Amir Zulfiqar Khan\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 DIG Operations Punjab Police<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Sabir Ali Sabir\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Poet\/activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Peter Jacob \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ED\u00a0Centre for Justice & Peace\/Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Hussain Naqi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Human Rights\u00a0Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Noshin Hamid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MPA PTI Punjab Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Shehzad Munshi\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 MPA PMLN\u00a0Punjab Assembly<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Samson Salamat\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Human Rights\u00a0Activist<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This initiative aimed to empower minority citizens to participate in political & electoral processes by\u00a0building their capacity to articulate their issues effectively, while also urging\u00a0parliament to replace undemocratic method of filling the minority seats of assemblies with an inclusive and democratic method\u00a0and\u00a0engage parliamentarians to\u00a0better represent these communities on the floor of assembly\u00a0and to garner support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1351","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1351\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pattan.org\/pdo\/v2b1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}