Khairpur, February 26, 2022 (PPI-OT):A Two-Day Training Awareness Session on Inclusive Voter Participation was held at Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur organized by the Parliamentarian’s Commission for Human Rights, Islamabad and Office of the Research Innovation and Commercialization (ORIC). The inaugural session was held at Department of Public Administration. Prof. Dr. Taj Muhammad Lashari, Dean Faculty of Social Sciences was the chief guest of the first session.
Speaking on this occasion, Prof. Dr. Taj Muhammad Lashari said the free, fair and transparent election process will install a pro-people and democratic setup of government in any country. This awareness training will create the sense of voter participation of youth in the forth coming elections. Dr. Lashari appreciated the patronage of Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Khalil Ahmed Ibupoto for organizing this awareness session on the very important theme.
He also lauded the efforts of Parliamentarian’s Commission for Human Rights, Islamabad for organizing this activity at this campus to sensitize the youth to cast their vote because this program is purely for inclusive voter education. Prof. Dr. Samina Rajpar, Director, ORIC and organizer of the session shed light on the objectives of the training workshop. She said this training aimed at to educate the youth on voter importance, to train the participants on voting process and to provide the information about the constitutional and institutional responsibilities.
Mr. Muhammad Mueez Shamsi, Advocate Sukkur, Advocate Ratan Kumar, Mr. Waseem Ahmed Shaikh, District Focal Person Parliamentarian’s Commission for Human Rights, Sukkur Chapter and Mr. Ramal Farooque trained the students about the polling process, election process. They also apprised the students about importance of voting rights and introduction of Election Commission of Pakistan.
The concluding session was held in the Institute of Computer Science. Prof. Dr. Noor Ahmed Shaikh, Director, Institute of Computer Science was the chief guest. Speaking on this occasion, Prof. Dr. Noor Ahmed Shaikh said that elections are the part of the democratic process. It is need of the time to educate the youth as well as masses to cast their vote to strengthen the democratic process. He appreciated the tangible efforts of Director ORIC Dr. Samina Rajpar for conduct of two-day session on inclusive voter education.
Mr. Waseem Ahmed Shaikh said that the purpose of the two-day training session on inclusive voter education was to brief the students about the definition of election, importance of voting, it process and right of the voter, voting registration process, types of elections. He appreciated the cooperation extended by the administration of university for holding the sessions. Mr. Ali Raza Lashari was the facilitator of the two-day training sessions. A large number of teachers and students attended the sessions.
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