PILDAT releases Rule of Law Media briefs on Police, Prosecution and Free Legal Aid Systems in Pakistan

to shape and facilitate an earnest agenda for bringing reforms and to create

awareness about Pakistan’s Rule of Law sector through various advocacy,

documentation, legislative and media dialogues.  As part of this initiative,

PILDAT has now released Media Briefs in Rule of Law Reform Series to inform

and influence policy advocacy by generating necessary public pressure with media’s

for a majority of people in Pakistan. The country’s abysmal state of Rule

of Law creates an urgent need to bring institutional reforms in three key areas

Police, Prosecution, and Free Legal Aid. Well-trained Police; fair and effective

Prosecution and access to Free Legal Aid services are critical to maintenance

recommendations, such as enhanced capacity building of police through specialised

training schools; increase in budget and police strength annually by at least

the pressing needs to transform and strengthen police-prosecution liaison; institutionalisation

of online FIR system; reporting of poor investigation by District Public Prosecutors

to Regional Police Officer; improvement in recruitment criteria of Prosecutors

with a one-year probationary period; and binding guidelines for prosecutors.

proposes amendments in Free Legal Aid Rules 1999; leading public awareness campaigns;

and allocating adequate funds to relevant departments for strengthening s committees

various significant proposed reforms suggested by key stakeholders during several

consultative sessions that PILDAT has held since September 2015 with leading

members of judiciary and legal community, relevant Government departments, Parliament,

in Pakistan" Project is supported by Development Alternatives Inc. (DAI)

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