Aawaz and Accountability program of Aurat Foundation organized a provincial conference on the role of local government in ensuring good governance on August 6, 2013, at Hospitality Inn, Lahore.  The conference highlighted the demands of civil society for democratic good governance through local government in Punjab. Theseen Ahmad, Salman Abid and Mumtaz Mughal discussed the act and gave their recommendation and demands. Punjab Assembly members elected on minorities and women seats including Ms Faiza Malik also discussed the act and gave their point of view. A large number of local and Aawaz districts level activists participated in the conference with play cards and holdings with demands and slogans for local government. Participants criticized the reduction of women, minorities, peasants and workers seats and repeated their demands of 33 percent of women seats at all level of local government. Speakers demanded to delegate administrative, financial and political power to local government according to constitution Article 140-A