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One Day Workshop on CNIC & Voter Registration - Importance and Procedures |
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Saturday, 28 April 2012 18:47 |
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 LODHRAN, April 28, 2012: Organization for Public Interest (OPI) arranged a one-day training workshop for NGOs on importance and procedure of CNIC and voter registration. Speaking to the workshop, Ms. Zahra Sajjad Zaidi, Program Associate Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) Multan said that raising awareness about importance of vote and need of CNIC for sustainable democracy in Pakistan is need of the hour. She said that voter turnout in Pakistan is less than half when compared to neighbor countries which should be noticed not only by NGOs rather government too. At this occasion, Gulfam Mustafa, Manager MER of Lodhran Pilot Project (LPP) said that citizenship and vote are fundamental human rights and government should take all necessary steps towards its provision. He suggested, Election Commission of Pakistan should launch a campaign for awareness about voter registration and voter education in collaboration with civil society organizations so that real democracy in the country could be made possible. A number of members from various NGOs and Civil Society Organizations including Syed Zafar Iqbal Bukhari, Ch. Waris Ali, Abdul Sattar, A.D. Anjum, Hafiza Ishrat Khursheed, Rizwan Mustafa and Adnan Ahmed participated in the workshop.
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Gender equality can help alleviate poverty |
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Monday, 08 March 2010 17:13 |
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 LODHRAN, Mar 8, 2010: Alleviation of poverty and eliminating social injustice is possible by realizing the rights of women. Although women comprise half population of Pakistan yet they are ignored in governance and institutionalized mechanism which is a point of concern for us. This was said by Mr. Gulfam Mustafa, Executive Director of OPI, and other members of the organization who were observing International Women's Day at Press Club here. They demanded the members of senate, national and provincial assemblies to play their roles for securing the rights of women and ensuring the equal participation in governance system. They said that women can play important role in national politics and they have ability to alleviate poverty and eliminate social injustice by working along with men. They said that gender equality in all walks of life is the utmost need of the time. They told that 70% women suffer from harrassment and abuse across the world and it is our responsibility to protect them.
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CNIC and voter registration are important |
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Wednesday, 24 February 2010 20:12 |
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 LODHRAN, Feb 24, 2010: Organization for Public Interest (OPI) organized a seminar on “The importance of CNIC & Voter Registration” at Al-falah Public School. The purpose of this seminar was to mobilize the community for getting their Computerized National Identity Cards and using their voting right for true democracy in the country. Primarily, the seminar was focused on women audience as the OPI believed, majority of women have no CNIC.
Talking to the seminar, Mian Wali Muhammad Kashif told that CNIC is essential document for a Pakistani national to get basic citizens’ rights. He told that CNIC is also required to cast a vote in all the elections. Mr. Kashif said that every Pakistani is responsible to cast his/her vote honestly for electing the most deserving representative.
Mr. Hasan Raza, the representative of the Election Commission of Pakistan, told that vote registration is very required for establishing a real democratic state. He said that ECP is going to launch a door-to-door voter registration campaign in coming weeks. He further told that a citizen can apply for vote registering by filing a copy of his CNIC along with a copy of most recent utility bill. Mr. Raza told, although old NIC is no longer valid however an old NIC holder can apply for vote registration by filing required documents along with an affidavit on Rs. 20 stamp paper.
Syed Zaigham Ali Shah, Mr. Gulfam Mustafa and Mirza Saleem Akhtar also discussed the importance of CNIC and voter registration. In the last session, the speakers replied to various questions raised by the participants. Most questions were related to procedures of obtaining a computerized national identity card and registering a vote. There were a total of 53 participants including 36 women who were directly benefited through this seminar.
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