With low conviction rate of criminals and terrorists from the courts
because of weaker prosecution and investigations, the Interior
Minister on Thursday “gave approval for revamping of criminal justice
system.”
In this regard the interior minister Chaduhry Nisar Ali Khan approved
formation of Federal Core Group as recommended in a high-level meeting
which was chaired by secretary ministry of interior. The core group
comprises of stake-holders from federal as well as provincial
governments, civil society, political parties and international
organizations working on criminal justice system reforms in Pakistan.
The federal core group would have sub committees of provincial
governments. The sub committees would submit their recommendations to
Federal Core Group bringing in a broader consensus for tangible solution
to nest the reformation in Criminal Justice System of Pakistan.
The interior minister asserted that: “terrorist attacks, violence and
loop holes in existing criminal justice system demands greater
commitment from the state to ensure harsher punishment for terrorists,
and anti-state elements.”
Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan observed that a consensus on speedy and logical
reformation of the criminal justice system on the four key aspects –
Police, Prosecution, Courts, Corrections – Prisons, Parole, Probation
must be under taken in emergent basis.
The interior minister directed NACTA to coordinate the core issue of
justice system under its mandated National Action Plan (NAP), with a
precise objective of infusing reforms in criminal justice system.
To ensure that reformation objectives are swiftly achieved in a given
time frame with clear working guidelines, the minister also directed,
Federal Core Group should also review the previous work done on Criminal
Justice System by judiciary, and foreign entities helping us to
establish a way forward and achieve reformation target in minimum
possible time.
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