Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan 17 September 2015 Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan Before the Senate of Pakistan Standing Committee on Law, Justice & Human Rights Briefing on Mandate, Working and Performance of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan

Agenda 1. Mandate 2. Performance & Achievements

Mandate - National think tank on Rule of Law Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Ordinance 1979 Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan Ordinance 1979 (Sections 6, 6-A and 6-B) National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee Ordinance National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee Ordinance (Sections 4, 5 and 8)

Law Reforms/ Reports Public Awareness Events NJPMC AJDF LJCP LJCP Performance and Functions National Judicial Policy | 300 monitorable actions 1.Provincial Judicial Development Fund 2.Legal Empowerment Window 3.Judicial and Legal Research Window 4.Federal Judicial Academy Fund 5.Under Developed Areas Window 6.Legal Innovations Window Statistics

Restructuring & Repositioning LJCP Enhancing Technical Skill Sets Enhancing Outreach Restructuring AJDF

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LJCP Performance No. of reports 131 law reform reports and recommendations ( ) Implementation Implemented 24 Partly implemented: 13 Not implementable: 8 Unimplemented: 86

Public Awareness Campaign Qanoon Fehmi - قانون فہمی Laws in Simplified Urdu 7 volumes – 399 write-ups Recent publication – 43 write ups Available online Urdu Handbook on Rights and Privileges of Prisoners “ قیدیوں کے حقوق اور مراعات ”

Statistics and Reports Data on the Judiciary / Police / Prisons Annual Report on Judicial Statistics of Pakistan Annual Reports on Administrative Tribunals and Special Courts Special reports from time to time Annual Report of the Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan

Events Judicial Conferences Exhibitions – Automation in the Justice Sector Seminars / Workshops / Lectures – Theory of Change for Rule of Law Reform – Curbing maladministration in the justice sector – Institutions Matter – A rule of law focus

Access to Justice Development Fund Original endowment (2002) : PKR millions Profit/Available for disbursement: PKR million Total Disbursement: PKR 616 million

DETAILS OF THE PROFIT AND DISBURSEMENT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FUND ( to ) Amount in million in PKR S.No.Name of WindowsName of Windows Total Share amount Commitment in million Amount Utilized against allocation U tilization Status of Share Amount U tilization Status of Commitm ent Amount Uncommit ted amount in million Balance in million in million A Total Commitment -B Disbursed C Undisbursed D in million E %F%F%F%F %G%G%G%G H= A-BI=A-E 1 Legal Innovations Window (LIW) Judicial/ Legal Research Window (JLRW) Legal Empowerment Window (LEW) A District Legal Empowerment Committees (DLEC) 30% of 13.5% Provincial Judicial Development Fund (PJDF) Underdeveloped Area Window (UDAW) Federal Judicial Academy Fund (FJA) Fund Management Window (FMW) Total %72.35%

DETAILS OF THE PROVINCIAL JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (PJDF) SHARE AMOUNT ( From to ) Amount in million in PKR 60.30% Total Share amount Commitment in million Amount Utilized against allocation (unconfirme d) Utilization Status of Commitment Amount Uncommitted amount in million Balance in million A Total Commitment till B Disbursed C Undisbursed D E %F%F%F%F G=A-BH=A-E 1 Lahore High Court, Lahore 51.74% High Court of Sindh, Karachi 24.55% Peshawar High Court, Peshawar 14.62% High Court of Balochistan, Quetta. 9.09% Total AverageDate:

BALANCE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS/AREAS (10%) S.No. ComponentsShare %age Share amount In Millions Amount Released In Millions Balance In Millions Remarks i Legal Empowerment 17% % fixed allocation from 100%. ii Innovation in Legal Education 6% % fixed allocation from 100%. iii FATA10% % fixed allocation from 100%. iv Punjab51.74% of 67% v Sindh24.55% of 67% vi Khyber Pukhtunkhawa 14.62% of 67% vii Balochistan9.09% of 67% Total Amount100%