Pakistan Environmental Law Association (PELA) will hold its Second Annual Seminar at 9am on Tuesday, 26 April 2005 at the Auditorium of the Securities andExchange Commission of Pakistan, Ground Flour, NIC Building, 63-Jinnah Avenue, Blue Area, Islamabad. The seminar is organised by LEAD Pakistan and sponsored by IUCN/WWF.
The theme of the Seminar this year is "Towards Cleaner Air: The Role ofthe Judiciary" in which various speakers will read the paper and the key note speaker is Ms. Anumita Roychowdhury, Associate Director, Research and Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi and Malik Amin Aslam, State Environment Minister will make the concluding address.
The details of the PELA First Annual Seminar on the theme on "Green Justice Through Public Interest Litigation" is available at the Update No. 103 of LEAD Paksitan dated 14 March 2004 www.lead.org.pk. See also Role of the Pakistan Environmental Law Association (PELA).
PELA was established in 1999 to promote the continued development and effective application of environmental laws in Pakistan. PELA concentrates on environmental law education and training and environmental litigation.
Proposed Program:
- Overview of the air pollution in the country- with emphasis on vehicular air pollution in the context of other environmental problem plaguing Pakistan.Dr. P. Hassan - President PELA
Key Note Address
- Cleaning Delhi- sharing the Indian Experience.
Anumita Chowdhry- CSE, New Delhi, India
- Health and Vehicular Pollution
Dr. Shazia Khawaja or any other Dr.
- Vehicular Air Pollution- scientific analysis (with data)
By an environmental scientists ( e.g. Mr. Ghauri from SUPARCO)
- Vehicular Air Pollution – power point presentations with photos from the main cities e.g. Lahore, Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Peshawar, Karachi & Quetta.
By PELA members in these cities ( 5 speakers- members of PELA)
Tariq Bilal (Rawalpindi/Islamabad)
- New interventions in environmental litigation- the Lahore Clean Air Commission and the road ahead.
Syed Mansoor Ali Shah
- Vehicular Air Pollution & the Executive and the Civil Society
Panel Interactive Discussion
Imrana Inayatullah, Khalid Sultan DCO (or Tariq Zaman) , Lahore, Mr. Ghauri, Erum Aftab and Jawad Hassan
Concluding Address
- The Future - Malik Amin Aslam
- Judiciary and Environment by Judge, Supreme Court of Pakistan
Contact:
Jawad Hassan, Secretary, PELA
Partner, Hassan & Hassan (Advocates)
Tel: 042-636-0800-3
Fax: 042-6360811-2
Mobile: 0300-8454486
Email: Jawadh1@wol.net.pk
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