ISLAMABAD – Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Farogh NaseemThursday said the government was planning to establish a well-equipped lawuniversity in the federal capital.
He was addressing the participants of a ceremony, held here at IslamabadBar Council (IBC) as a chief guest for distribution of certificates amongthe advocates recently promoted to advocates high court.
Speaking on the occasion, he said such university campuses would beestablished in all the provincial headquarters whereas art of thefacilities online library of international standards would also beoperational in such varsity.
He said the government was planning to attach such varsity with IBC forbetter practical education and research.
He said the government believed in welfare of lawyers as the whole judicialset up was based on lawyers community adding hefty efforts were needed inthis regard.
The minister said he was averse to the use of ‘Wukala Gardi’ with thelawyers’ profession and he had always opposed use of such terms.
He said Pakistan was also came into being due to the efforts ofQuaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah who was professionally a lawyer.
He stressed the young lawyers to avoid short term plannings for success.
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The minister hoped that Islamabad High Court (IHC) would be shifted to itsnew building at constitution avenue which would help reduce the problems ofjudiciary as well as lawyers being faced at F-8 Katchery.
He said due to over load of cases and less number of judges causing delayin speedy justice and added number of IHC judges would be increased tofifteen after consultation with lawyers and making amendments.
He said recruitment of judges should be on merit instead of quota system.About amendments in the code of civil procedures, he said over hundredyears old laws framed by British were being practiced in the country andneeded amendments.
He invited the legal fraternity in this regard to play their role.
Later, the certificates were distributed among the newly promoted lawyers.
