Pakistan’s judiciary: ICJ to examine institute’s workings

Seeks to examine functioning of judiciary by interviewing and consulting broad range of actors in judiciary.


September 10, 2011

ISLAMABAD: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), South Asia Programme, has begun its high level visit to Pakistan in order to examine progress made by judiciary in the country since the lawyers’ movement in 2007.

It seeks to examine functioning of judiciary by interviewing and consulting a broad range of actors in judiciary and the legal profession, government and civil society.

It will release preliminary findings and observations at the end of the trip with recommendations for addressing conflicts within the framework of rule of law and human rights.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 10th, 2011.

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