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EVENTS
2012
(listed reverse chronologically)

Dialogue Group on Civil-Military Relations meets in Islamabad
   

 
DGCMR Meeting
May 15, 2012
Islamabad

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Developments impacting the Quality of Democracy: January-April 2012
   

 
Democracy Update
May 07, 2012
Islamabad

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Concerns expressed about quality of Electoral Rolls and slow pace of electoral reforms
   

 
Public Forum
May 03, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download State of Electoral Reforms: 2 Qtr [PDF]

Citizens Group calls for Urgent Actions to Prepare for Fair Elections
   

 
CGEP Group
April 25, 2012
Islamabad

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PILDAT’s Democracy Assessment Group recommends 5 Key Measures to resolve Karachi’s unrest
   

 
Democracy Assessment Group
April 25, 2012
Karachi

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PILDAT’s Democracy Assessment Group recommends 13 Priority Actions to improve the Balochistan Situation
   

 
Democracy Assessment Group
April 24, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download Issue Paper on Balochistan [PDF]

Public Service Delivery Important to Improve Quality of Democracy
   

 
Roundtable Discussion
April 16, 2012
Karachi

Details

Download Report [PDF]
Downlaod Urdu Version [PDF]

PILDAT Quarterly Monitor on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan: January – March 2012
   

 
CMR Quarterly Monitor
April 05, 2012
Islamabad

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Download Quarterly Monitor [PDF]

Democratic and Parliamentary Oversight of Defence has begun, but a long way to go
   

 
Public Forum
March 21, 2012
Islamabad

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National Workshop on Assessment of the Quality of Democracy in Pakistan
   

 
PILDAT National Workshop
March 19, 2012
Peshawar

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Download Report [PDF]
Downlaod Urdu Version [PDF]

Free and Fair Election in Balochistan is the Way Forward: PILDAT Forum on Balochistan
   

 
PILDAT Discussion Forum
March 14, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download Background Paper [PDF]

Standing Committees of the Punjab Assembly should be given a Role in Budget Process
   

 
PILDAT Workshop
March 06, 2012
Lahore

Details

Download Briefing Paper [PDF]

PILDAT Welcomes the ECP/NADRA initiative of SMS facility for Verifying Voter Registration
   

 

March 01, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download Report - State of Electroal Reforms [PDF]

PILDAT deeply concerned over the Election Commission’s failure to check violence and reported irregularities in the By-Elections
   

 

February 27, 2012
Islamabad

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Youth should take part in decision making process at the National Level: Inaugural Session of the 4th Youth Parliament
   

 
Youth Parliament Pakistan
February 23, 2012
Islamabad

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“Issue of Federal legislation on Industrial Relations Laws will be sorted out before lapse of Industrial Relation Ordinance 2011:” Kaira
   

 
Briefing Session
February 22, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download Briefing Paper [PDF]
Download Urdu Version [PDF]

PILDAT welcomes Govt-Opposition “Consensus” on appointment of Neutral Caretaker Governments in 20th Amendment to the Constitution
   

 

February 21, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download PILDAT Petition Text [PDF]
Download Report [PDF]

Fourth Youth Parliament Pakistan Meets for its Inaugural Session
   

 
Youth Parliament Pakistan
February 20, 2012
Islamabad

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Dialogue and development is the key to solve Balochistan’s issues, Participants say
   

 
National Workshop
February 13, 2012
Lahore

Details

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PILDAT welcomes Govt-Opposition negotiations on appointment of Neutral Caretaker Governments
   

 

February 10, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download PILDAT Petition Text [PDF]
Download Report [PDF]

Punjab Assembly Standing Committee on Education holds Pre-Budget Public Consultation on How to Ensure Effective Spending on Education: Ideas for the Budget 2012-2013
   

 
Public Consultation
February 08, 2012
Lahore

Details

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“Immediate Electoral Reforms is a need of Time,” says CGEP in a Public Forum on the State of Electoral Reforms in Pakistan
   

 
CGEP Public Forum
February 07, 2012
Islamabad

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Committees Role a must in Budget Process, demand Punjab MPAs
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  • Punjab Assembly Standing Committees discuss how to effectively review budget demands for grants
  • Block allocations, dormant committees and supplementary budget run counter to democratic norm
 
Workshop
February 06, 2012
Lahore

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Despite everything, Democracy moves forward, participants say
   

 
Report Launching Ceremony
February 02, 2012
Islamabad

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Download Draft Report [PDF]

Democratic Oversight of Defence remains fraught with Challenges: Experts
   

 
Discussion Forum
January 31, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Comparative Analysis of Election Manifestoes [PDF]
Download Urdu [PDF]
Parliaments Quest for Oversight on Defence [PDF]
Effectiveness of Parliamentary Oversight Defence

PILDAT Issues First Monitoring Report on Implementation of Electoral Reforms
   

 
  • A full-time permanent Election Commission constituted for the first time in the history of Pakistan
  • For the first time, 4 members of the ECP appointed after bi-partisan consensus
  • ECP took landmark steps for free and fair elections
  • Only 48% of Election Commission’s 5-Year Strategic Plan implemented
  • Preparation of Computerised Electoral Rolls is only 75 % complete despite the expiry of the original deadline of December 31, 2011
  • Of the 76 objectives which ECP was set to achieve by end of 2011, only 6 have been completely realized

January 30, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Download Report [PDF]

PILDAT files Petition in Supreme Court to ensure “Neutral” Caretaker Governments during the next General Election
   

 

January 28, 2012
Lahore

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Democracy makes Progress despite Challenges: DAG
   

 

January 27, 2012
Lahore

Details

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Prime Minister receives Indian Parliamentary Delegation; says this Parliamentary Dialogue will improve Relations
   

 
Pakistan-India Parliamentarians Dialogue III
January 18, 2012
Islamabad

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Trade Relations-indian Perspective [PDF]
Trade Relations-Indian Perspective Urdu [PDF]
MFN Status and Trade Relations [PDF]
MFN Status and Trade Relations Urdu [PDF]
Indus Water Treaty between Pakistan and India [PDF
Download Joint Statement [PDF] 

Pak-India MPs engage on Trade and Economic Relations; agree MPs have cardinal role to play in influencing Governments
   

 
Pak-India Dilogue III
January 17, 2012
Islamabad

Details

Trade Relations-indian Perspective [PDF]
Trade Relations-Indian Perspective Urdu [PDF]
MFN Status and Trade Relations [PDF]
MFN Status and Trade Relations Urdu [PDF]
Indus Water Treaty between Pakistan and India [PDF