Speakers at a seminar have urged political parties to present clear road map in their manifestoes for resolving challenges being faced by country. They were addressing a seminar titled "Changing Landscape of Pakistani Electorate and Role of Political Parties in Fair Representation" held in Islamabad today. The Seminar was organized with an aim to sensitize people about the manifestoes of the political parties. The Speakers urged the leaders of political parties to work for the real development of the country. They emphasized the inclusion of media in discussing economic matters and urged them to contribute ideas for steering the country out of challenges. Addressing the seminar, Secretary for Information and Broadcasting Shahera Shahid said the Information Ministry is providing uniform platform to all political parties through a series of seminars. She said through this series of seminars, the government wants to initiate debate on issues being faced by country and their solutions in the backdrop of up coming general elections. Speaking on the occasion, Press Information Officer Tariq Mahmoud said the Press Information Department is holding these seminars to create awareness among general public about the importance of upcoming general elections. He said the platform provided by Ministry of Information is assisting candidates of political parties to present their party manifestoes to the masses. Leaders of different political parties, journalists and academia took part in the discussion on the upcoming general elections and its impact on general public. Source: Radio Pakistan