September 05; In order to assess quality of democracy in Pakistan in first 100 days of new National and Provincial Governments, PILDAT kicked off a public consultation on the topic today.

Members of PILDAT Democracy Assessment Group � DAG led the consultative process. Participants at the consultative session included members of Parliament belonging to various political parties, academia, youth, civic groups, media and eminent personalities from different walks of life.

Earlier, the Democracy Assessment Group met to evaluate quality of democracy in first 100 days. With Mr. Wazir Ahmed Jogezai, former Deputy Speaker, in the Chair, members of the Democracy Assessment Group who joined the meeting included.

Mr. Iftikhar Ahmad, Senior Journalist, Mr. Cyril Almeida, Analyst / Assistant Editor, Dawn, Ms. Huma Baqai, Associate Professor, Department of Social Sciences, IBA, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Moinuddin Haider, Former Governor Sindh /Former Federal Minister for Interior, Mr. Javed Jabbar, Former Senator & Federal Minister for Information, Mr. Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, Secretary General, PML-N, Mr. Faisal Karim Kundi, Former Deputy Speaker, National Assembly, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, President of PILDAT, Mr. Jehangir Ashraf Qazi, Former Ambassador, Ms. Aasiya Riaz, Joint Director, PILDAT, Mr. Ghazi Salahuddin, Senior Analyst, Mr. Mujib-ur-Rehman Shami, Editor in Chief, Daily Pakistan and Mr. S. M. Zafar, Former Senator /Senior Advocate, Supreme Court and Constitutional Expert.

A PILDAT Report on Assessment of Quality of Democracy in 100 Days of New Federal and Provincial Governments will be unveiled at the conclusion of the 100 days period.