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  Representatives of civil society organizations, presented a ‘Citizen’s Charter of Demand’ asking governments to legislate and hold local bodies elections in accordance with the constitution of Pakistan. The Charter of Demand was presented at a press conference organized by leading civil society organizations, working under AAWAZ Voice and Accountability Programme that seeks to ensure

SPO DPRD has added a new feature of capacity building in its portfolio so that organization and other partners are fully prepared for the natural disasters and emergencies in the country. First of capacity building event is in progress at Hyderabad from 24-26 July 2013.it has covered introductory modules of nature and types disasters, humanitarian

SPO organized a consultation of civil society on merger of Ministry of Human rights into ministry of Law and Justice in Islamabad.  During the meeting, known civil society expressed serious concerns regarding this decision and termed it as denial from accepting human rights of Pakistani citizens.

SPO organized a training replication exercise in Lahore from 11 to 18 July. Consortium partners’ staff trained by DAI in June through TOT for AAWAZ programme’s three outputs i.e. women and excluded groups political participation, social cohesion and citizen’s voices for accountability was capacitated to replicate training for all field level staff of AAWAZ programme

The May 2013 election surfaced as a key milestone on the map of the political history of Pakistan that prompted the transfer of power from one elected civilian government to another, respecting the will of the people of Pakistan.  Unlike the two preceding elections in 2002 and 2008 which were characterised by low voter turnout,

SPO in collaboration with Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) and with the financial support of CARE International organized a two day consultation on Human Rights Policy Framework and Human Rights Defenders Mechanism.

KARACHI: Members of the public, civil society, professional bodies and trade unions have expressed their strong disapproval of the tactics being used to push the election process in a certain direction, demanding that no attempt be made by any quarter to vitiate the atmosphere that can lead to subverting the will of the people as

The Christian community experienced another tormenting nightmare some weeks ago when Joseph colony in Lahore was reduced to ashes by an insane mob. While a flurry of belated condemnations from official ramparts followed the incident, it was nothing less than wilfully ignoring a potentially serious situation as the incendiary episode started brewing at least a

Strengthening Participatory Organization (SPO) organized the workshop on “Promoting Ethical Journalism in Reporting Elections, 2013”in Islamabad.