New York: Representatives of various Pakistani organizations based in New York have emphasized to their community that we cannot solve our problems without joining the political system and using the right to vote.

The speakers said this while addressing a workshop organized by Apna Community Center on Voters’ Rights and civic responsibilities for the Urdu-speaking community at Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn.

CEO of Apna Community Center, Erum Hanif, gave a briefing to the participants about his organization and the Civic Engagement Commission of New York and also introduced the guests. She asked Pakistani community to take active part in US politics.

A large number of youth, men and women also participated in the workshop.

Sara Syed, executive director of the Civic Engagement Commission, while addressing the audience, said that voters should know what their elected representatives want to do.

The attendees were given a presentation on their responsibilities and rights as voters.

She said that even today there is a trend in our community that registration and casting of votes is of no use, and this is the reason why our community’s voice is not effective in the civic, state and federal level politics.

On this occasion, the Chief Democracy Officer in the city government, Kathleen Daniel, provided the participants with the necessary information regarding the election and the ballot paper to be held in the next month of November.

The representatives of the Pakistani community and women social workers participating in the workshop urged the community to exercise their right to vote in every election.

On this occasion, the participants asked various questions related to the vote registration and procedure, after which they were registered as voters and finally the participants were also given prizes through a draw.

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