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Pakistan to continue work with SCO for shared objectives of regional peace, stability

Opening ceremony of JATE 2021 commences at NCTC

RAWALPINDI, Sep 23 (APP):The opening ceremony of the Joint Anti-Terrorist Exercise (JATE) 2021 on Thursday was held at National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Pabbi as part of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation …

September 23,
10:44 PM
Draft of Criminal Law Reforms taken up in CCLC Meeting ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP):The meeting of the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC), chaired by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem held here on Thursday. Two Agenda Items out of six were approved so as to be placed before the cabinet. Federal Minister for Education Shafqat Mahmood, Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari, Federal Minister for Defence Production Zobaida Jalal, Federal Minister for Railways Azam Khan Swati, Federal Minister of Water Resources Moonis Elahi, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan, Special Assistant to PM on Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar, SAPM Sardar Yar Muhammad Rind and senior officers of various departments attended the meeting. Significant agenda item was “Criminal Law Reforms, 2021” proposed by Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem which was thoroughly discussed in the meeting. Shafqat Mahmood, Ms. Zubaida Jalal and Sardar Yaar Muhammad Rind gave their suggestions. Ali Muhammad Khan sought time to study the draft. Earlier, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Chaudhry Fawad Hussain also had sought time to study draft. The matter has now been adjourned to next week. Under the leadership of Federal Minister Barrister Farogh Naseem, the law ministry had sent the first draft to the Prime Minister in June 2021. After further consultation second draft was sent in September 2021. About 650 amendments were proposed in the draft. These laws include the Code of Criminal Procedure, Pakistan Penal Code, Qanun-e-Shahadat Order, Control of Narcotics Act, Railways Act, The Pakistan Prisons Rules, Islamabad Capital Territory Criminal Prosecution Service and The Islamabad Capital Territory Forensic Science Agency Act. In this regard opinions were sought from Provincial Police, Islamabad Police, Prosecutors General and Prosecution Departments, consultations were also held with lawyers, NGOs, human rights lawyers, Home Secretaries of the provinces and representatives of the Attorney General's office, all Provincial Secretaries for Law and members of the Advocate General's Office of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab. Relevant reports of the Law and Justice Commission were also scrutinized from 1981 while making these amendments. These amendments will introduce an efficient and expeditious procedure for filing FIRs and will significantly reduce the number of pending cases, the time to pursue cases will be greatly reduced, Police abuse with the public will be eradicated. These amendments will enable cases to be brought to a transparent conclusion, evidence gathering will be further improved and expedited, modern tools would be used to deliver justice. The experts were of the view that if the amendments pertaining to Criminal Reforms, as introduced by Dr. Farogh Naseem, Law Minister, were properly implemented, it would completely overhauled the criminal justice system in the country.

Draft of Criminal Law Reforms taken up in CCLC Meeting

ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP):The meeting of the Cabinet Committee for Disposal of Legislative Cases (CCLC), chaired by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem held here …

September 23,
10:26 PM
Demand, technology based skills need of the hour: Samina Alvi

Samina Alvi tests positive for COVID 19

ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP): First Lady Samina Alvi Thursday tweeted that she had tested positive for COVID 19 and sought prayers of her well wishers. In a tweet on social …

September 23,
9:14 PM
147 new COVID-19 cases reported in capital: NCOC

147 new COVID-19 cases reported in capital: NCOC

ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP): National Command and Operation Center (NCOC) on Thursday said that 147 new cases of Coronavirus were reported from the federal capital during the last 24 hours. …

September 23,
9:05 PM
ECC approve sugar import tenders of 50,000 MT

ECC approve sugar import tenders of 50,000 MT

ISLAMABAD, Sep 23 (APP): The Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet on Thursday approved to import 50,000 MT sugar to maintain sufficient stock in the country. The ECC approved …

September 23,
8:54 PM