Ministry of Law and Justice has efficiently disposed off 99% cases in the last 20 months out of almost 60,600 cases received according to the spokesperson. Ministry of Law and Justice which is an advisory service organization, that provides services to all the offices of the Federal and Provincial Government on legal, judicial and constitutional matters, has just around 1% pending cases to date.
Maximum numbers of cases were disposed off by the Solicitor Wing of the Ministry with 0% pendency. Solicitor Wing deals with the litigation of the Federal Government and tenders opinions to various Ministries/Divisions/Departments/Organizations and Offices on legal questions arising out of the Statutes and Rules of Business, 1973. In addition to that, Solicitor Wing of the Law Ministry deals with nominations of Law Officer, Legal Advisors and Special Prosecutors. The Solicitor Wing of the Ministry received 24,753 cases since August 2018 and disposed off all the cases timely.
The Drafting and Legislation Wing is responsible for scrutinizing, vetting and as the case may be, drafting of Principal and Subordinate legislation, received from various Ministries and Divisions of the Federal Government. During the process of vetting and drafting, this Wing also tenders advice on the competency of the parliament to legislate on the proposed legislative proposals. The Drafting and Legislation Wing of the Ministry of Law and Justice disposed of 8134 in the last 20 months.
Since the Ministry of Law and Justice is an advisory service organization and does not deal with megaprojects, public welfare initiatives and inaugurations, role of the Ministry is often downplayed. But as a matter of fact the Ministry has a huge responsibility since a great deal of the business of the government depends on it. Minister for Law and Justice, Barrister Dr. Muhammad Farogh Naseem and Secretary Law, Mr. Khashi-ur-Rehman are fully cognizant of this fact and encourage the officials to ensure 0% pendency.
Besides litigation and drafting, Law Ministry deals with the cases of legal opinion received from different Ministries, matters pertaining to interpretation of law, mercy petitions of the condemned prisoners, prepares parawise comments on the Writ Petitions received from the Solicitor Wing, filed by the aggrieved persons against the decisions of the Hon’ble President of Islamic Republic of Pakistan in Wafaqi Mohtasib and Federal Tax Ombudsman. Law Ministry has vetted numerous Draft Agreements, Contracts, Treaties, Conventions, MoUs and Protocols etc from legal point of view. The Contract Wing of the Ministry received 2,145 cases since August, 2018 and all have been disposed off timely and competently.
The External Wing of the Ministry, disposed off 12,022 cases, The Research and Opinion Wing disposed of 1,306 cases and Administration Wing received 10,507 cases out of which 10,506 have been disposed off.
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