A Report on the First Session of “Role of Youth in Good Governance” at Kinnaird College for Women with Collaboration of CCEP by Zamurrad Awan

A Report on the First Session of “Role of Youth in Good Governance” at Kinnaird College for Women with Collaboration of Centre for Civic Education Pakistan

On 24th of November 2009, the Political Science Department of Kinnaird College for Women Lahore arranged the first session on the “Role of Youth in Good Governance” with the collaboration of “Centre for Civic Education Pakistan”, which is a non-profitable organization based in Islamabad. The purpose of this session was to sensitize the youth and to make them aware of their responsibilities as a citizen of their motherland. The session was well-planned as it started with the introduction of first session in which Syeda Scherbano introduced the CCEP and its efforts in regard of awakening Youth for their role in ensuring good governance. After the brief introduction, Maria Malik gave a PowerPoint presentation on the concept of good governance and how to improve the participation of Youth in good governance.

After the presentation the guest speaker Taimur Rehman delivered an inspirational lecture on the role of youth in ensuring good governance in Pakistan. Mr Taimur Rehman is currently pursuing a Research Degree (PH.D) on the “Class Structure of Pakistan” from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) University of London, and associate with Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Lahore School of Economics and Lahore College of Arts and Sciences as a visiting faculty of economics and international relations department. Simultaneously, he is a founding member of a music group known as Laal Band which is famous for its revolutionary songs based on social and political issues of society.

The political science department also made a play of 20 minutes with the title “is paikar-e-khaki main bher lo ma’e muhabbat-e-watan”, which was written and directed by Namrah Arooj and Sana Iqbal. The play was on the prevailing environment of social and political unrest in Pakistan which is a main cause of hopelessness in the new generation. The purpose of the play was to aware Pakistani youth about their responsibilities towards this country and the theme of the play was well-received by the audience. After the play, the Principal, Dr Bernadette L. Dean shared her views on the active participation of youth in promoting good governance. At the end, Mr. Taimur spelled out the audience with the magic of a revolutionary song “Umeed e Sahar” written by Faiz Ahmed Faiz. The format of the session kept the students involved till the end and a tremendous feedback made this program successful.

The whole programme was assisted and guided by Ms. Saira Malik (head of Political Science Department) and Ms. Zamurrad Awan. The media coverage of the event was done by Geo television and City 42 and Khabrain.
Zamurrad awan
Political Science Dept
Kinnaird College for Women Lhr