Govt bringing reforms to British-era laws: PM Imran

[313ghazi]

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said effective dispensation of justice was the state's responsibility and for the first time in the country's history, the government was making changes to British-era laws.

Addressing an event on judicial reforms, the premier said reforms in the civil and criminal procedure code would ensure speedy justice. Imran maintained that the amendments would help revolutionise the criminal justice system and enable the common way to seek justice. He added that none of the previous governments ever thought about reforming the century-old laws in order to maintain the status quo and accommodate the elite.

The prime minister added that the civil law reforms were a step towards ensuring rule of law in line with Islam’s first socio-welfare State of Medina and added that ensuring rule of law would encourage foreign investors and the overseas Pakistanis to invest in Pakistan.

Federal Law Minister Barrister Farogh Naseem, speaking at the ceremony earlier, said the criminal procedure code needed a change as per the current requirements and mentioned that over 700 amendments had completely overhauled the existing legal system. Naseem mentioned that the formation of a statute of an independent prosecution service, forensic laboratory and prison rules were significant reforms. The minister further said the laws were made for mandatory dispensation of budget to police stations to meet the expenses of investigations, besides deputing a sub-inspector at police stations with preferably a bachelor degree.

He urged the lawyers to support the reform of electronic recording of witnesses, whether in any language, to ensure accuracy and expedition of cases. In cases of personal offences including murder or rape, the maker of the video will not be made mandatory to appear before the law to render witness as proof of the incident, he said. He emphasized the implementation of civil law reforms with an effective role of the judiciary, benches, prosecutors and investigators.

Parliamentary Secretary Maleeka Bokhari said over 700 amendments made in the criminal procedure code was a milestone of the PTI-led government and would ensure prompt delivery of justice.

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Says civil law reforms a step towards ensuring rule of law in line with State of Madina

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[RealNapster]

Can one believe that KP before 2013 had not a single forensic lab or forensic investigation mobile unit. What we lack (and which makes for the weak criminal cases) is lack of proper investigation. Forensic should be a normal thing in daily proceedings of police investigations. You can not ensure justice with a weak case. Also, there is a need of double shift in courts. Infrastructure is there, you just need to hire (promote) more judges for second shift. This will increase the speed of case proceedings by 200%. There is also a need of separate business courts for corporates and firms. So that litigation processes can end quickly and not expand to 4-5 years.

Btw we really need to increase the fines. 1000-1500 PKR fine on traffic rules violation or chain stopping in rail is a joke. The smallest fine for traffic rule violation should be 3000-3500.

 

[Areesh]

should have been done in the first year of his tenure

Anyways. Better late than never