ISLAMABAD: A high level consultative meeting on Legal Reforms Package was held at the Prime Minister’s Office on Tuesday.
The meeting was jointly chaired by Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Muhammad Farogh Naseem and Advisor to the Prime Minister on Establishment Mr Shehzad Arbab.
The meeting was attended among others by Maleeha Bukhari, parliamentary secretary for law and justice, Basharat Raja, Punjab law minister, Sultan Khan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa law minister, Mahjabeen Sheran, MPA from Balochistan, Advocate Generals of KP, Balochistan and Additional Advocate Generals of Punjab and Sindh.
The meeting held threadbare discussion on the ‘Comprehensive Legal Reforms Package’ being introduced to ensure speedy justice and improve efficiency of the judicial system.
It was informed that the proposed legal reforms in the areas of succession and inheritance, rent laws, Code of Civil Procedure , property possession and transfer rights of women, legal assistance to poor litigants , whistleblower protection , service tribunals would help lessen the burden on higher courts and ensure efficient, easy and speedy justice to the people of the country.
The provincial law representatives appreciated the legal reform package and assured cooperation in enactment of the laws in their respective provinces after the federal legislation. Maleeha Bukhari apprised the participants of the meeting about ‘ Women Action Plan, the 55 steps/initiatives being taken under the plan and the comprehensive campaign to be launched to create awareness about rights of women in the society.
