Training for family court judges held

The KhyberPakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy in collaboration with UN Women conducted three-day professional development training. Family Court Judges from all over the province participated in the training.

Justice(R) Nasira Javed Iqbal, and Dr Faqeer Hussain, former registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan, delivered lectures on relevant topics and involved participants in interactive sessions.

The objectives of the course were to give orientation about the legal framework of Family Courts in Pakistan, Composition, Functions, Jurisdiction, and Specialized Procedure of Family Courts, Restitution of conjugal rights, Jactitation of marriage, Domestic Violence, Maintenance of Wife & Children, and Custody of Children. Zia-ud-Din Khattak, Director General, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy inaugurated the course. A