Govt reforming civil, criminal laws: Prime Minister
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan says the present
The government is reforming civil and criminal laws so that relief could be
provided to the common man.
He was talking to the members of the Executive Committee of the Supreme
Court Bar Association called on him in Islamabad.
The Prime Minister said the services of lawyers’ organizations are
invaluable in promoting and strengthening democracy. He said legal
reforms will reduce caseload on the courts.
The delegation comprised of Ahmed Shehzad Farooq Rana, Mohammad Ajmal
Khan, Mohammad Arshad Bajwa Chaudhry, Qazi Abdul Hameed Siddiqui, Shirin
Imran, Mohammad Afzal Janjua, Arif Mahmood Chaudhry, Mohammad Nasir
Iqbal Siddiqui, Syed Mohammad Asad Abbas Shah, Abdul Malik Baloch, Abdul
Razzaq Shar, Fida Bahadur. Jam Asif Mehmood Lar, Munir Ahmed Khan, Ahmed
Zirak, Raja Amir Khan, and Raja Ashfaq Ahmed.
Federal Ministers Chaudhry Fawad Ahmed, Dr. Farogh Naseem, SAPM Dr.
Shahbaz Gill and Attorney General Khalid Javed Khan were also present in
the meeting.
The Prime Minister said that the services of lawyers’ organizations are
invaluable in promoting and strengthening democracy. He said that a
society develops only where rule of law prevails and prosperity can only
be achieved with systems based on justice and fairness.
He said that in the past, vested interests misused law, and the rich and
the powerful class remained free from the grip of law whereas the weaker
classes continued to be exploited through the misuse of the law. He
emphasized that the present government is reforming civil and criminal
laws so that relief could be provided to the common man.
The Prime Minister stated that legal reforms will reduce caseloads on
the courts. He said that support of Lawyers’ representative bodies is
required in the government’s agenda of legal reform.
The Prime Minister said that the government is cognizant of problems
faced by lawyers and every effort will be made to resolve these.
The Prime Minister directed immediate removal of hurdles in
establishment of a housing colony for lawyers, the inclusion of lawyers in
Naya Pakistan Housing Program, provision of health cards, the inclusion of
young lawyers in the Kamyab Pakistan program.
The Prime Minister directed Minister for Law to ensure regular liaison
with the Bar and to resolve issues related to grants on a priority basis.
Ahmed Shehzad Farooq Rana, Secretary, Executive Committee, Supreme Court
Bar Association, thanked the Prime Minister on behalf of the SCBA.
Members of the Executive Committee, SCBA fully endorsed the government’s
legal reform agenda and presented a proposal for further improvement in
the legal reforms process. TF Report
