<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">29<sup>th</sup> November 2009 was the beginning of a new initiative for promoting ???Internal Democracy???. ???<u>The Election: the only way forward</u>??? is the slogan for this campaign. The meeting was organized for the members by the members of PTI UK. The meeting was focused on 3 point agenda of Empowerment of the people through Transparency & Accountability as A vision of a True Democracy.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">The event was compared by Shahbaz Khan with the introduction of the meeting agenda. The meeting started with reciting a few verses from the Holy Quran by Mr Hashmi, followed by speeches from Ch Mohammad Shoaib, Saeed Hashmi, Atif Ali Shah, Sohail Khan and Ch Shahzad Ahmed.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">The core essence of this event was to empower every individual member and make them aware of his/her rights and obligations when casting their vote. There was an emphasis on the cause and effect of a credible leadership which can be held accountable to its party members for their actions and party policies. It was agreed that ???</span><span style="font-size: 12pt" lang="EN-GB">Transparency??? is necessary for accountability because, without access to information, an institution cannot be held accountable.</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">The highlight of meeting was one to one interaction among members and general public on issues related to party and its vision. This created an atmosphere of a lively debate that encouraged participants to focus on genuine issues of our fellow Pakistanis. All the ideas and suggestions of the participants were taken on the suggestion forms provided on their tables. Dinner was served during the discussion.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><o:p><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></o:p></span></p> <p style="text-align: justify; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"><font face="Times New Roman">The approx attendees were 145 which were managed efficiently by the organizers consisting of Atif Mayo, Adnan Ashraf and Sajjad Ahmed. Other PTI activist participants were Shabbir Barlas, Khawajah Nadir, M A Raja, Nazir Malhi Mansoor Zia., Aisha Ghazi, Dr.Fouzia, Zeeshan Cheema, Amad from Manchester and Ch.Khalil from Birmingham. <o:p></o:p></font></span></p> <p> </p>