Green Party of Pakistan

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The Green Party was founded on April 28 in 2002 and since has been active in local politics. Members of the political party are known as the "Pakistan Greens". It is a member of the Asia-Pacific Green Network. Liaquat Ali heads the legal party.

Contents 1 10 basic values 2 Relationship to the federal government 3 Online 4 External link

[edit] 10 basic values

The ten basic values or policy positions of the GPP are similar to the ten principles of the United States Green Party:

• Grassroots Democracy
• Social Justice and Equal Opportunity
• Ecological Wisdom
• Non-Violence
• Decentralization of Authority from Power to the People
• Community-based Economics and Economic Justice
• Feminism and Gender Equity
• Respect for Diversity
• Personal and Global Responsibility
• Future Focus and Sustainability

[edit] Relationship to the federal government

The GPP is supportive of the government's attempts to gradually reform Pakistani political and social life. It envisions a constitutional presidency and a bicameral parliament as provided for in a secular constitution. The Green Party does not support the violent overthrow of the State's current institutions.

[edit] Online

The Green Party of Pakistan or the PG's website includes documents produced by the Green Party on issues such as World AIDS Day, women's emancipation, and the execution of Pakistani homosexuals.

[edit] External link

• Green shoots in Pakistan, Green Party of England and Wales, 12 July 2004
• Greens in Pakistan

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