1. Be yourself – lead!
Ayesha Javed
MPA Punjab & FreedomGater
Supported by
Liberty with Responsibility
www.freedomgatepakistan.org

2. Ayesha Javed
 Member Punjab
Assembly (PML-N)
 married, three
children
 attended at IAF:
 Political Leadership,
IAF Alumni
Sept. 2010
Meeting,
 2007 Lahore,
Supported by
Oct. 2010

3. FGP
 FreedomGate Pakistan
(FGP) = Network of all
Pakistani IAF participants
 founded in 2002
 currently ca. 160
members
 Avant-garde of Liberalism
in Pakistan
Supported by

4. IAF
Director  International Academy for
Birgit Lamm
Leadership (IAF)
 part of Friedrich Naumann
Foundation (FNF)
 Director Ms Birgit Lamm
 founded 1995
 seminars & skill Trainings
for Liberals worldwide
IAF Supported by
 unique experience

5. Vision
 We must learn a lesson from
this. You are free; you are free
to go to your temples, you are
free to go to your mosques or
to any other place or worship
in this State of Pakistan. You
may belong to any religion or
caste or creed that has
nothing to do with the
business of the State.
(11th Aug 1947, on the occasion of the first
meeting of the Constituent Assembly
for Pakistan)
Supported by
Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948), Qaid-e Azam

6. Mission
 capacity building of
liberal individuals
 knowledge
 skills
 intellectual debate
 Multiply by
 Seminars
 Publications
 Own publications,
pods etc.
 Contributions to
newspapers, e- Supported by
media, films, radio

7. Action
 Seminars
 Workshops
 Publications
 Alumni Meeting
 Gathering
 Friendship
 Fun
Supported by
Voting on Open Space

8. Seminars
 Democracy
 Federalism
 Secularism
 Human Rights
 Education
 Gender Sensitization
Supported by
Seminar on Democracy in Karachi, June 2010

9. Workshops
 Conflict Resolution
 Fighting Extremism
 Promoting Liberalism
 Moderation
 Event Management
 Media Advocacy
 Blogging Supported by Blogging Workshop in Islamabad, Oct. 2010

10. Publications
 From the Liberal
Spectacle
 Pakistan after 18th
Amendment
 Federalism in Pakistan
[in preparation]
Supported by

11. 8thAlumni
Meeting
 ca. 50 Alumni in Oct.
2010 in Lahore (8th time)
 built up ownership
 strengthen network
 plan next year
 1st time in Pakistan:
Open Space
Supported by

12. Gathering
 meeting for political
ideas exchange
 developing ideas
 networking
 socialising
 friendship & fun
Supported by

13. Friendship
 like-minded
 open-minded
 equal citizen
 strong individuals
 liberal
Supported by

14. Fun
 FGP relies on
volunteer
commitment
 in our free
time we want
to have fun
while working,
Supported by
too!

15. Outlook 2011
(extract)
 Seminars
 Secularism
 Gender Sensitizing
 Post-Flood Peace & Security
Liberalize education
 Publications
 Poem Anthology
 CD with liberal Sufi songs
 Political Issues of Balochistan
Supported by

16. Current Core Group
 Communications
 Ubaid ur-Rehman
 Anees Sukhera
 Trainings
 Zia Banday
 Gulmina Bilal Ahmed
 Publications
 Saad Khan
 Irfan Ahmed Urfi
 Asiya Arif KhanSupported by Coordinator: Asma Kiran Pervez

17. FreedomGaters…
Shaharyar
Mehar,
MPA
Sindh
Tauseeq Haider Mukhtar A. Ali A. Mahmood
TV Anchor Director CPDI CEO SPARC
M. Imran Masud Supported by
Dr. Donya Aziz Beena Qayyum Gulmina Bilal Fauzia Shaheen
Ex-Minister MNA TV Anchor Director IL Director WMC

18. …are leaders.
GM KhyberNews
Hasan Khan
Kaiser Bengali Razza Rabbani Tehmina Ahmed Jami Chandio
Advisor CM Chairman CC Editor Newsline Director CPCS
M. Iqbal Tabish Supported by
Anees Jillani Dr. Huma Baqai Sanaullah Baloch Asma K. Pervez
GS SCCI Chairperson LFP Prof at IBA Senator Principal TLS

19. Develop yourself!
If I have seen further it is be
standing on the
shoulders of giants.
» Isaac Newton
 We all can learn from
each other, but even
more so by experts
and specialists.
 Find them at FGP!
Supported by

20. Raise your voice!
 You have your
wishes, dreams
– and your
rights.
 Raise your
voice to make
them happen!
Supported by

21. Be yourself – lead!
 There is nothing noble
about being superior to
some other man. The true
nobility is in being superior
to your previous self.
» Urdu Proverb
 Learn to lead yourself
– then to lead others.
Supported by

22. Feel FGP!
 Develop yourself!
 Raise your voice!
 Be yourself – lead!
 FGP –
Liberty with
responsibility!
Supported by

23. Thank you!
Supported by
Liberty with Responsibility
www.freedomgatepakistan.org