PESHAWAR
\nThe Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the Chiragh se Chiragh project and the Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Swat held an awareness & Training session for the students of different departments here at the central library, University of Swat on Wednesday.
\nThe seminar titled \u201cYouth Voter Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u201d was aimed at educating the universities\u2019 students on the importance of voting in the election process, whereas the young voters were also urged to play their vital role in promoting the peaceful election process in the country.
\nSpeaking at the inaugural session, the Vice Chancellor University of Swat and Shangla, Prof. Dr. Hassan Sher said that youth, particularly students of universities were the main stakeholders of democratic system, adding that they would have to play their role in the election process \u201cit is the responsibility of each individual, especially the students to cast their votes as national obligation\u201d he maintained.
\nThe Vice Chancellor said that Pakistan is a lucky country, where the majority of voters fall in the category of \u2018youth\u2019, adding that educated youth should communicate the message of peace, especially at the time of elections, to the general public.
\nRegional Elections commissioner Mr. Fazal Hakeem Khan, District Elections commissioner, Swat, Mr. Farid Ullah Khattak, Assistant Director Gender and Social Inclusion ECP Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Syed Aun Ahmad, Program Officer IFES, Ms. Ambreen Kanwal and In-charge Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Swat, Dr. Jamal Ud Din also spoke on the occasion and highlighted the importance of voting process and voter education for the students of higher educational institutions.
\nThey urged the participating students to convey the messages regarding the peaceful election process to the general masses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) under the Chiragh se Chiragh project and the Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Swat held an awareness & Training session for the students of different departments here at the central library, University of Swat on Wednesday. The seminar titled \u201cYouth Voter Education in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-352716","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-peshawar"},"yoast_head":"\n