ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Tuesday termed the rule of law a vital part of a civilized society, said the government would provide better working conditions to the judiciary to help them ensure speedy justice for the public.<\/p>\n
Addressing at the foundation-laying ceremony of the judicial complex, comprising 93 district courts, he said the project would facilitate all relevant stakeholders, including the bench, bar and the petitioners.<\/p>\n
The judicial complex, to be built by the Capital Development Authority (CDA) and Frontier Works Organization (FWO) in G-11\/4 at a land measuring 195,000 sq ft, will be completed in six months.
\nAt present, the district courts for the last 40 years have been functioning within a rented market at F-8 Markaz, sans reasonable facilities for judges, lawyers and petitioners.<\/p>\n
Terming dispensation of justice, especially to the weaker segments a priority, the prime minister said he had also named his political party 25 years ago on the same title and vision.
\nImran Khan said he was proud to be part of the \u201cepic democratic struggle\u201d of the 2007\u2019s lawyers movement against a military dictator, however regretted that the targets could not be fully achieved.<\/p>\n
He mentioned that the political elite in the country continued to demand for them preferential treatment and considered them above the law.
\n\u201cA country can never progress where two separate streams of justice prevail for the powerful and the weaker ones,\u201d he said.
\nHe pointed out that lingering litigation, particularly in cases of land grabbing, was a big hurdle in the way to investment by overseas Pakistanis.<\/p>\n
The prime minister lauded Chief Justice Islamabad High Court (IHC) Justice Athar Minallah for giving several landmark verdicts in the interest of society and environmental protection.<\/p>\n
He appreciated the CDA and FWO for starkly reducing the cost of PC-1 to Rs 1.5 billion compared with the previous one of Rs 6.5 billion.
\nChief Justice Justice IHC Justice Athar Minallah said access to inexpensive and speedy justice was the basic right of the people, which could be possible only \u201cif all institutions continued to work within their ambits\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupremacy of the law and the Constitution, and abiding by the oath of one\u2019s office is a guarantee to justice and ensures the rights of the nation,\u201d he said.
\nHe said the goals of the 2007 movement were yet to be accomplished as its leaders had promised the masses a journey towards \u201ca State like a mother\u2019, that protected and cared for its citizens.<\/p>\n
However, he stressed that such struggle could not be limited to judiciary alone.
\n\u201cJudiciary is but a unit in the judicial system\u2026 A society where truthful witnesses become extinct and the committing of crime is overlooked, even a strong judicial system loses its authority,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Chief Justice said the efficiency of a judicial system relied on good leadership and proper prosecution by the investigating departments.
\nHe said district courts act as the guarantor to upholding the rule of law, however extending facilities to the judicial setup and common man was ignored since the establishment of Islamabad as a capital.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe day is of utmost importance, because for the first time a government has realized that people are the real stakeholders of the justice system,\u201d he said.
\nEarlier, Chairman CDA Amer Ali Ahmed gave a briefing to the prime minister on the features of the judicial complex. Law Minister Barrister Farogh Naseem, Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Maleeka Bokhari and people from the judges and lawyers\u2019 fraternity were present.<\/p>\n
The multi-storey judicial complex will comprise four blocks of 93 district courts, an administrative block, a bakhshi khana (lockup for prisoners), a NADRA verification room, and separate waiting areas for lawyers and petitioners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD, Sep 7 (APP):Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Tuesday termed the rule of law a vital part of a civilized society, said the government would provide better working conditions to the judiciary to help them ensure speedy justice for the public. Addressing at the foundation-laying […]<\/p>\n
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