SC for inspection of law colleges across country

LAHORE, Jan 21 (APP):A three-member bench of the Supreme
Court Sunday formed a special committee and four
provincial committees for inspection of law colleges
across the country and sought their recommendations for
improving quality of law education.
The bench directed the provincial committees to complete
their work within five weeks and submit reports to special
committee for further deliberations, which would conclude its
task in a week.
The bench further directed chief secretaries and advocate
generals of provinces for providing logistic support to the
provincial committee concerned.
The bench headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar passed
these orders while hearing a petition filed by the Pakistan Bar
Council (PBC) against mushroom growth of law colleges in the
country.
As the proceedings began, senior advocate Hamid Khan
along with PBC’s Vice Chairman Ahsan Bhoon and Azam Nazir Tarar
appeared before the bench and recommended names for heads of
provincial committees, in response to bench orders of Jan 20.
They requested the bench to approve the names of former
Justice Khilji Arif Hussain, Professor Ahmad Ali and former
Justice Aman Ullah Khan to head the committees for Sindh,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, respectively.
They pointed
out that the committee headed by Advocate Anwar Kamal was
already functioning in the Punjab as per directions of the
Lahore High Court.
They further submitted that a meeting of all provincial
heads of the committees had been summoned in Islamabad on
Tuesday, wherein they would be briefed about the task.
They further recommended to include the members of the PBC,
provincial bar councils, the higher education commission and others
in each provincial committee.
At this, the bench admired that private sector was helping
to fill the gap caused by the public sector. But it should be
done in a manner that produces lawyers instead of “munshis”.
The bench accepted all recommendations made for the
formation of committees and observed that the task should be
completed within six weeks.
The bench further observed that
all pending cases at the Lahore High Court regarding the
matter would also be heard along with the present case. The
bench would take up the matter on March 6, at Principal seat,
Islamabad.