Future youth Group(FYG) , District Larkana
LETS MAKE THE FUTURE BETTER
“ Walk on : Role of Youth in promoting Tolerance and Peace “
Dear Sir / Madam ____________________________
Future Youth group (FYG) , larkana in Collaboration with Civil Society Net Work (CSN) , larkana cordially invites You to join in a walk “ Role of Youth in promoting Tolerance and peace “ in Larkana
The individuals /peace lover youth groups/civil society organization, are requested to join this Peace walk. The theme is to promote youths and other like minded persons, in society so that non violence ,peaceful , democrate , tolerant and pleural society may be strengthened.
You are well come to join this walk, with Peace loving slogans , play cards/art work or any more material , supporting the theme ,with you in peace walk.
Please don’t hesitate to contact for any inquiry with us in this regard .
Details of the walk
Date: 12 august 2009
Start Time Sharply : 10-00 am
End Time :11-30 am
Starting point : Abdul latif Nizamani Hall ______ Girls College Road____
End point : Janah Bagh larkana opposite Press club larkana
Your Truly
Tahir Rahujo Shamussidin Jukhio
FYG , larkana Civil society net work larkana
Mobile; 03337568702 Mobile: 03003411538
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We feel honor to invite you to be with us on inauguration ceremony of Free General Medical Camp at Kamber, dated , 10 August 2007 (Friday), Organized by The health and Education Society(Regd), at Paras medical center & Maternity Home, Civil hospital road Kamber.
Dr. Capt: Shah Beg Chandio Executive District officer (EDO-Health), Kambershahdadkoat has kindly consented to be CHIEF Guest on the inauguration.
Your presence will be highly appreciated.
Schedule of the Inauguration ceremony
Guest to seated 8-30 am
Inauguration by chief guest of Free medical camp 9-00 am
Refreshment of the guests and thanks 9 –15 am
Start of the Camp 9-30 am
Yours truly
Dr. Zulifqar Ali Rahujo Dr. Hafiza Rahujo
President Honorary Director
The Health & Education Society Paras Medical Center & Maternity Home
(Regd) Larkana , Kamber
Fone. 0744210882,03337538456
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Camp Goals/ Facilities
· Aware the primary health care to the community
· Give five days treatment to the out door patients who attend the camp
· Reduced Laboratory services
· Ultra sound, X ray and other private lab Investigations on concession rates at the time of medical camp
· Birth space counseling and free birth space medicines Facilities.
· Free primary vaccination
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Miss Rose Mary women rights activist and co-coordinator of national justice and peace commission , hyderabad who preside the seminar and appreciated lfp larkana and said that it is encouraging to see that women is now taking the responsibilities with the men in every field, she advised young girls and students to play leading role in the society, so that they can contribute much more to the progress of the nation.
She criticized that just to share the women seats in parliament is not sufficient while women in politics feel harassed in district , provincial and central assemblies. She told that government should update the constitutional rights up to CEDAW declaration .
She said Pakistan is still ruled by non civilian forces and they donot like to promote women in democratic politics in Pakistan
chief guest Mrs. Alia Rizvi ,leader of PML(Q) and chairmen women club larkana, said that, government strictly focusing on women empowerment so that they can contribute significantly to words for national development ,she further said that present government has taken many steps towards women in democratization. She added that not only Sindh but whole the world, women are being tortured and still women up gradation in all sects of society is very necessary.
Mr. Khalid Chandio general secretary of liberal forum Pakistan Sindh chapter said that women struggle for en –lighten started in 1907, and after the completion of a century, today women still fighting their rights, he further said that previous years report shows that many their offenses had been committed by educated persons . Khalid said that liberal agenda for women rights in 21 century is very clear and Pakistani society may flourish with liberal women rights agenda for which lfp is advocating for rights.
Mr Qadir Bux Bhatti , leader of Distt; Bar Association Larkana , leader of Pakistan Muslim league (Q) addressed that women’s right and their freedom is more in present government .
Mrs, Altaf Bhutto, NGO representative said that women must be en-courage to do politics but history shows that Fatma Jinnah and Benazir sahiba suffer as they were women . common women is more deprived then others she is secluded and isolated we have to fight women’s right, specially their education for villages. only literate women can part active in Pakistan politicos. To day women are facing problems and police and sate failed to play their role
Albia Bhaatti of CRC Kamber-Shahdadkot District stressed that political parties must give 33 percent tickets to women for gender balance and peace full activity
Asghar Rashdi of Sindh United Party emphasized that women politics must be part of parliamentary politics and government has made only dummy representative. Qazi ajaz Juneno LFP, larkana chapter told that LFP has initiated democratization project activities in Pakistan including larkana . we will initiate further liberal theme oriented activities for liberal aims extension . He welcomed all and thanked national commission for justice and peace for their co-operation in worm participation.
Others who spoke on the occasion include Syed Talib Hussain Shah (LFP), Qazi Asif (Journalist) , Aslam Bhutto(CRC),Advocate Hamid Ali Kalhoro, Faqir Ibrahim Soomro (PML F) , Father Samuel ,(,father Catholic Church Larkana), Miss Rubina (Peace and Justice commission Larkana .
The seminar ended with vote of thanks given by Dr,Zulifqar Ali Rahujo.(Central general Secretary LFP )and Refreshment arranged by liberal forum Pakistan Larkana Chapter.
Second portion of the program started with the musical event with theme of women song and their rights promotion .two groups sponsor and supported by local fund raising by LFP,Larkana chapter, and national commission for justice and peace larkana chapter, Sing songs on women rights theme and struggling .Singer groups include Rukhsana Soorath ,Syed Aijaz Ali Shah , Appa Zarina, Samuel veroo and Patras poomi and co.
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Report By; Zulifqar Ali Rahujo
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A quarter of the world consists of young people between the ages of 10-14 years. Of these 86 percent, live in developing countries.
Pakistan currently has the largest cohort of young people in its history (25 million aged 15-24) and subsequent cohorts are projected to be even larger.
Young people face a number of critical life decisions between the ages of 15-24 that relate to a series of transitions to adulthood.
A recently published national representative survey on adolescents and youth in Pakistan has unveiled many unexplored dimensions of their lives. Briefly speaking, most of the issues related to young people are gender issues.
Empowerment, access to equal rights and emancipation are yet only distant dreams for a vast majority of Pakistanis. However, there are now a number of efforts underway in Pakistan to promote the empowerment of women. Although there is escalating attention by the Pakistan Government to gender issues including violence, and there is some movement in this direction, but there is no palpable, heedful and steadfast attempt geared to the understanding of the relevance of youth and gender based violence. This is valid for all service delivery, advocacy, research and communication interventions. People communicate even without any modern communication media, exchange ideas and alter their behavior. But the astonishing growth of the mass media first print, then radio and now television and computer communication-has raised new possibilities for rapid global communication and thus the new theories about how people may react and change as a result of mass media.
The media, advertising and entertainment industries, collectively known as mass media, are powerful because they penetrate every segment of modern-day society and effectively influence how consumers view themselves, their neighbors, communities and the world. Although the mass media denotes outlets beyond newspapers, radio and television, and the scope of media influence now extends to digital spectrum, cable and satellite technology and the internet, it remains a fact that the TV is the single major and foremost communicator of our times.
Television has changed the way teachers teach, government, religious leaders preach and even the demeanour of madness and love. It has the capacity of saying the unsaid even in a selectively traditional society like Pakistan.
Entertainment has been used for educational purpose since the beginning of human history. Greek tragedies, parables in the holy books, songs and stories in every religion and culture present the conflicts and values of different societies in vivid, dramatic and above all, entertaining terms. Modern mass media carries on this tradition, reaching millions with popular radio and TV shows that entertains and educate simultaneously.
In much of south Asia, TV is the most accessible media form. In Pakistan, the coverage of TV is between 87-90pc. The average Pakistani youth is the most enthusiastic consumer of entertaining TV programmes (not the state controlled Pakistani TV channels). Besides, TV has become the main target for pressure groups and NGO`s concerned with human rights in the media.
Nowadays, the media has emerged as the essential player in granting priority to the issue of any origin. The ruling elite of Pakistan, like elsewhere, are also aware that information is power. Therefore, their prime objective is to keep the illiterate, unemployed and malnourished youth powerless through controlling the state media as well. Their general attitude towards the media is obviously dictating and opposing. The net impact of this desire to control the right to information is that educated individuals are not instructed with development issues and contemporary debates.
Although with new technologies, satellite influx and private sector media, the magnitude of this control has decreased, the general situation in connection with youth programmes on TV is abysmal. Irrespective of all the odds, more and more civic actors are concentrating on advocacy through media. Where a lot of thinking and efforts are noticeable on gender and the gender sensitive portrayal of women in the mainstream media of south Asia, including Pakistan, it seems that the status of the youth have been ignored. This ignorance becomes even more obvious when one explores the degree of attention given to an issue like violence in context of gender and youth by the media, including television. It is needless to point out how predominant the theme of violence is on TV and films, and how propitiously the same media is selling violence to youth.
CHALLENGES OF MEDIA IN GROWTH OF YOUTH
Pakistan, like all other developing countries entrapped in debt, dictation and democracy crises, has no dearth of problems. Our country is characterized by patriarchy and its implications. Illiteracy of the teeming millions just accelerates the vicious circle of problems. In the current situation, our country not only needs political stability, gender responsive governance and strong economic growth, but a socially responsible media equipped with the ability to meet the challenges of our new world.
Global experiences have validated that preventing problems during adolescence is more practical, resource efficient and cost-effective rather that addressing problems once they occur. Programmers/projects that work with adolescents and young people benefit everyone.
It is the time to invest in young people and in their futures. And it is the time to live up to the commitments to young people the countries of the world have repeatedly made in international agreements.
Communication programmers play an essential role in educating, understanding, informing and motivating young people. Since young people are the passionate consumers of popular culture and entertainment, therefore entertainment through TV is an ideal channel to reach the youth.
Regrettably, television in Pakistan has failed to provide the brand of entertainment that would address the contemporary needs of Pakistani youth. With the dawn of new channels in the private sector and a softened censor policy even for the state-owned and controlled PTV (as compared to Ziaul Haq`s regime) one finds breaking visual communication, but the commitment of all TV channels towards youth and sensitive gender issues is questionable. What Pakistani TV is communicating today can be summed up as mindless adoption and confused interpretation of globalization. As a result, young people are highly informed about fashion models, silver screen celebrities and other things which seldom have any relevance and usefulness in their practical lives. What is remarkably missing form our TV screens is the common youth , the rural youth, the unemployed youth, the uneducated youth ( do I need to recall that 40pc of our 144 million live below the poverty line below the poverty line drawn by the world bank and 70pc is the rural population). If there is any representation of this kind of youth or people in general on TV, it is done in a decidedly tedious technique.
CURRENT SITUATION OF MEDIA ROLE IN LARKANA
The Larkana District existing in Southern part of Sindh have 2.1 million population (Old District larkana including the all talukas of newly kamber-Shahdad koat District).
Health and Education Society larkana has identified 63 high schools in Government sector in district through its Survey .There is no profound survey/ research of media impact among youth of District larkana and what are the mode of penetration of altering youth behavior in this area.
The city and talukas head quarters and some towns are now encircled by cable net work system influencing the family as well group behavior while remote areas are communicated by Radio as well PTV electronic media and DVD/News system thus impacting the other knowledge system on the youth .
Since a couple of decades print media mainly Sindhi print media has replaced the other languages of print media including Urdu due to many reasons including low cast, sindhi language and net work of availability in far flung areas.
Unfortunately the youth developmental issues are not the key information of many media resources so the youth progress is not satisfactory and youth behavior is influence by violence , global media prejudices and porn and other negative values.
Maladaptive ,Drug abuse and violence in media and local tribal conflicts reports pattern also are impacting the youth.
There is need to access such negative impacts and to promote the positive impact of media by guiding and advocating the thematic values in media .
Zulifqar Ali Rahujo
Larkana
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Dr Zulifqar Ali Rahujo
In Pakistan and especially in Sindh province the girl child is suffering a lot of problems. The prejudiced values and negatives attitudes against her are enriched in gross roots and as well in the homes. The reasons are multifactorial and can be summarized in political, social and male dominant perspectives.
The discrimination against Girl Child starts when she is conceived in mother’s belly. Especially rural Girl child more suffers and she is the most deprived child of the world everywhere. She is made illiterate and sick and is not allowed to take equal treatment and due education.
The researches in Pakistan Show that the Girl and women are the poorest in reference to their income and property. Even after efforts made by government and other sectors of society she is still lacking her development since 50 years. The facts are many:
She is undernourished in their homes or her meal is served after male has taken it. The girls are deprived for equal opportunity to access the health and education facilities. The record shows that the women /girls die more in number in hospitals and leave the education uncompleted due to gender discriminitation and negative values against her in family, the women and girl child have more work in the home as well at work place and she is even not fully paid or appreciated for that work. She is restricted to own her property, by legal, religious or by other social reasons. Even the male boy/person has more right to avail his property.
There are many other things that are practiced since her birth. She is reared differently in home, school and in the society that leads to give her mental and physical consequences. The traditions, law and social action usually produce her as inferior child in society. Our family Plans in such a way regarding her food, clothes, education and health that it ultimately leads to reduce social and mental growth. The negatives attitudes start when some one by ultrasound scanning tells the family that baby is female. Family faces shows anger and despair after listening this news. The prejudices against her float in the public that she is shame less because she births as cephalic presentation (Face on the upper side-so is she shameless), while boy comes face down ward –so is having respect for her naked mother at the time of birth. The family calls her “son” in home and in society every where including electronic media. The girls in motivated to go in kitchen and to boy to go for sports. They are offered to buy dolls and rings while boys to buy pistols or other things. If Girl reaches in puberty she is restricted to move straight/ chest forwarded (Senno Tannee Na Ghum), don’t go out of home, bow your head down, be obedient .In every sphere of life from home to schools and colleges majority you will not see the equality. She is harassed gender in schools as well in colleges.
In rural areas they married in early young ages on reciprocal/ wata satta bases, or engaged in child hood and not asked for her consent to marry. There is no any single example of any tribe in which in dispute of two tribes any boy had been sold to solve the conflicts. The girls are said to be respectful and honored as Seven Qurans when required to reduce the male tribal conflicts while same girls are killed in the name of honor by accusing them unfaith full to their family respects and so called traditions. They are sold as a trade/ taken to earn income or to continue the same property in the male family member. She is asked to give water, meal or press the clothes of her brother on only because she is girl. The people call her “child” even she becomes adult. She is not allowed to have gender education or knowledge about sex assuming that she will become corrupt or shameless
In some areas she is not allowed to eat meat/mutton as she would grow smart and may attract some one opposite. The laws of Pakistan show discriminatory behaviors regarding her property ownership, witness and marriage age that 14-16 yrs for girls and 16-18 yrs for boys. They are forcefully induced for begging and manipulated as sex worker in young age. If veil is used it is only for girls not for boys.
How this situation can be changed
Pakistan is one of those countries that have no fair behaviors toward girl in all aspects of life. The main reasons are feudal and capital system and its huge practices against women in all aspects of life. The society is uneven, there is minimum access of opportunity to the women and there is no real democracy and rule of law. The practices of law and justice don’t necessarily favors to the women. There is less participation in government institutions including parliaments. The situation can be changed when there is big break through at different levels of the society.
Government of Pakistan through struggle should be forced to make equal laws for both women and men. Every one should rear the child equally irrespective of their sex. Such family rearing trainings should be arranged by government institutions and civil society net works. Marriage or engagement before the age of 18 yrs should be banned . The girls and boys should be given knowledge for sexual orientation so that they may be able to prevent their body or soul consequences. Every child should be nourished equally .The girls should be given equal opportunity to access health and education. Every girl in home or else where should not be allowed to work more on ground of her sex. The justice should be made easily for women .The government must take action in all aspects of life including making the legislation that may support the girl child and women to up grade their personality development.
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Role of Citizen`s in Democracy
Report; Zulifqar Ali Rahujo
Date; 6 May 2007 .
Organizationed by; Liberal Forum larkana Chapter Collaboration;FNF
Mr. Qazi Aijaz Programe coordinator of the program welcome the participants and Introduce the Liberal perspective on the Topic of the Seminar. The speaker were requested to present their views on the topics.
Dr. Zulifqar Ali Rahujo ,General secretary of the LFP Center spoke that Role of citizens canot be denied how to be part of the democratic struggle.He said that illiteracy ,political Parities negligence, feudal and tribal structure and military role in pakistan are the factors who contribute the less interests of citizens to participate.He probed that Citizens are not only voters but also those, who can investigate elected parliamentars whether they are doing the well-being of public or not .
Jalil Korar,i Leader of Communist party of Sindh spoke that oppressed citizen’s need true democracy and they must struggle for that cause. He said that citizens role is very important and Labour and peasants must unite to fight for democracy.
M. Parkash, President of the LFP Sindh gave his presentation That citizens must account the elected people for 5 years. He said that liberal citizens must realize their role how to participate . Mr Parkash said that pakistan is still run by Militry rulers so institutes of citizens has not flourished.
Farther Francis Anwar, member of Justice and peace Commission and Father of the Catholic Church larkana spoke that citizens must raise their voice for Human rights and minorities violence particularly in Pakistan,. He said that minorities are deprived not to participate in democratic movement.
Mr, Yakooob Dhahani , Advocate and Leader of Peoples lawyer’s Forum Larkana said that Lawers, civil society, journalists, writers , women and liberal youth and media personnel’s are key persons to flourish the democracy in pakistan
Honorary Guest Azizizulllah Bohio , president of the Sindh Sagar party said that pakistan is agent of imperalism and citizens of pakistan are deprived their total rights. He said that pakistan government has bad relation with neighbors.
Advocate Hadi Bux Butt and center leader of Awami Tahreek said that voters in pakistan are treated to be slave and political parties are violating the vote rights. He criticized that Mushraf government is perpetuating the terrorists in cities ands feudal lords in villages to enhance its so called enlightens
The chief Guest reknown intellectual and Central Leader of the Sindh United party, Sayed Maher Hussain Shah Said that Democracy has its roots in history and citizens has scarified for that. But still thee citizens has to sacrify for nursing the democracy. He said that Sindh is deprived of basic citizens rights and have huge health and unemployment problems.
The president of the Seminar , intellectual ,Asif Khan said that feudals in pakistan, in their trends are against democracy and big parties are still controlled by landlords . He said Quid Aazam was democrat and then after political leaderships were not democratic. The Country is mainly ruled by Militry allies. He said that India has democratic struggle background and they took agriculture very earlier and feudalism was destroyed. He said agriculture reform will strengthen democracyAnd political parties should encourage the middle class citizens rather to collect the big amount in term of contesting election fee from Lards/feudals. He said that citizens are deprived from enrollment in voter list and millions have no identy cards.Mr Asif Khan appreciated the LFP larkana in initiating Such seminars.Other speakers Include Pro; Zahida Pathan, Khalid Chandio , S. Talib shah In Last Mr. Abbass Haider thanked all the participants were served refreshments .
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Short Report of the Workshop
Fredrick Neumann Stiftung
Report ;Qazi Aijaz
NOrganized By/ Liberal Forum Pakistan Larkana Chapter
Date; 5 MAY 2007,
SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE SEMINAR;
Zulifqar Ali Rahujo Programe coordinator of the program welcome the participants and asked to introduced the participants. Then participants were about the aims and objective of this workshop. The speaker and trainers were requested to present their topics.M. Parkas President of the LFP Sindh gave his presentation on Ist portion of the topic ‘liberalism”, its main principle /values in detail . He told the Pakistan Founder Quid -Aazam M.Ali Janah was liberal in his ideology and has spoke in his 11 August 2007 about the same theme. . M.parkash told liberalism believe in rule of law, tolerance, secularism, democracy,, and competitive economy while liberal donot support any type of violence in society.The second portion of liberalism topics was covered by Dr, Zulifqar Ali Rahujo which covered historical perspective of liberalism and its challenges in the now days word. He covered the some classical literatures articles overview and mandate of liberal ideology. He discussed the new challenges to liberal in present global world.Liberal economy ; Topic was covered by Prof; I.A Abro on multimedia presentation. He gave the details and comparison with mixed and command economy. He argued that liberal economy is now a days viable economy and produces goods and services . It has many implications . The participants after his presentation gave feed back as workshop tool in written and huge Qs and Ans were asked which were answered fruitfully.Liberal Democracy and Politics and its implication in pakistan. in pakistan ;This topic presented by Mr. Asif khan President LFP center. He presented that liberal democracy is a very normative tool now a days in the world. He said that M.Ali Jannah was liberal democrat and against the theocracy. He criticized that Militry rule in pakistan has deteriorated the democratization process. He referred that India and Malaysia and Even Bangladesh political parities are more viable than pakistan political party system.In Last The participants were asked to open ended question and answers were givens by the speakers and other friends.The Workshop end up to 4 pm with vote of thanks and Tea was given to participant.
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I Learned a lot from Ist day Web blog workshop held in Karachi organized By FNF.
Now I am able to undersand, how Web Blog can be used for political Communication.
Blog now can help me in social conversation , alternate comunication, as an outlet and can leverage my influence of liberal ideology.
I will put things to consider in my mind when I will write blog that is effective title, editing first,link like made and use pictures and I think It will impact a lot.
Dr. Zulifqar Ali Rahujo
Liberal Forum pakistan
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Theproblem of loadshading inkarachi is very serious.It has impact on economy. many millions arelost in industrial zone due to loadshading. while it hashealth hazzarad simpact on inhabbitantsof close and congested buildings and flates.while operations are left anddelayed.
The Questionsare raised about KEC how it is working if there is big curruption and no new age technology.
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