Law Justice Commission of Pakistan Briefing on Mandate

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

Agenda 1. Mandate 2. Performance & Achievements

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

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

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 (1979 -2014) 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 1 421 millions • Profit/Available for disbursement: PKR 2 443 million • Total Disbursement: PKR 616 million

DETAILS OF THE PROFIT AND DISBURSEMENT OF ACCESS TO JUSTICE DEVELOPMENT FUND (2004 -05 to 2014 -15) S. No. Name of Windows Total Disbursed Commitment C -B Legal Innovations 4. 5 92. 539 17. 382 Window (LIW) Judicial/ Legal 2 Research Window 4. 5 92. 539 0. 25 0. 175 (JLRW) Legal Empowerment 3 13. 5 194. 334 85. 32 65. 32 Window (LEW) District Legal 30% of 83. 285 3 -A Empowerment 21. 2 13. 5% Committees (DLEC) Provincial Judicial 4 Development Fund 60. 3 1240. 04 778. 642 430. 85 (PJDF) Underdeveloped Area 5 10 205. 644 90. 96 71. 96 Window (UDAW) 1 Amount Utilization Uncommit Balance Utilized Status of ted in million against Share Commitm amount allocation Amount ent in million Amount Commitment in million A Amount in million in PKR Total Share amount Undisbursed D in million E % F % G H= A-B I=A-E 0 17. 382 19 100 75. 157 0. 08 0. 175 0. 189 70 92. 289 92. 364 20 65. 32 34 77 109. 014 129. 014 62. 085 21. 2 25 25 347. 79 430. 85 35 55 461. 401 809. 193 19. 00 71. 96 35 79 114. 684 133. 684 0 62. 085 6 Federal Judicial Academy Fund (FJA) 4. 5 92. 539 58. 11 0 0 0 34. 429 92. 539 7 Fund Management Window (FMW) 2. 7 55. 523 9. 338 0 9. 338 17 100 46. 185 100 2056. 45 1123. 29 616. 23 507. 06 616. 23 23. 51% 72. 35% 933. 16 1365. 06 Total

DETAILS OF THE PROVINCIAL JUDICIAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (PJDF) SHARE AMOUNT ( From 2004 -05 to 2014 -15 ) Total Share amount Commitment in million High Court of Sindh, Karachi 3 Peshawar High Court, Peshawar 4 High Court of Balochistan, Quetta. Total % F G=A-B H=A-E 51. 74% 2 E 642. 97 404. 25 197. 985 206. 26 197. 985 49 238. 72 444. 984 24. 55% Lahore High Court, Lahore Total Disbursed Undisbursed Commitment C D till 2012 -13 - B 290. 28 177. 01 117. 413 59. 60 117. 413 66 113. 27 172. 866 14. 62% A 1 Amount in million in PKR Amount Utilization Utilized Uncommitted Status of Balance against amount in million allocation Commitment in million (unconfirmed Amount ) 191. 39 123. 94 65. 336 58. 60 65. 336 53 67. 46 126. 057 9. 09% 60. 30% 115. 39 73. 451 50. 121 23. 33 50. 121 68 41. 94 65. 27 100 1240. 03 778. 64 430. 855 347. 787 430. 855 236. 26 461. 39 809. 177 Average 59. 066 Date: 15 -09 -2015

BALANCE OF SPECIAL PROJECTS FOR UNDERDEVELOPED REGIONS/AREAS (10%) S. No. Components Share %age Share amount In Millions i Legal Empowerment 17% 34. 96 34. 96 - 17% fixed allocation from 100%. ii Innovation in Legal Education 6% 12. 34 12. 33 - 6% fixed allocation from 100%. iii FATA 10% 15. 83 15. 82 - 10% fixed allocation from 100%. iv Punjab 51. 74% of 67% 73. 74 37. 23 36. 50 v Sindh 24. 55% of 67% 34. 99 17. 67 17. 32 vi Khyber Pukhtunkhawa 14. 62% of 67% 20. 84 10. 52 10. 31 vii Balochistan 9. 09% of 67% 12. 95 6. 65 6. 41 100% 205. 65 72. 00 133. 65 Total Amount Released In Millions Balance In Millions Remarks