FJA to be made center of excellence.

ISLAMABAD, August 23, 2009 (Balochistan Times): The Federal Judicial Academy (FJA) will soon be transformed into center of excellence under the policy guidelines laid down to train judicial officers to meet the objectives of inexpensive and expeditious justice. Director General Federal Judicial Academy Moazzam Hayat told APP here that two provincial Federal Judicial Academies were functional in Lahore and Karachi while efforts were afoot to establish two others in Quetta and Peshawar. To a question he replied under the National Judicial Policy guidelines laid down by the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry who is also Chairman Board of Governors FJA, the Academy was striving to achieve both main goals of speedy dispensation and inexpensive justice to litigants at all levels. He said basic aim of the training courses was to make the newly appointed judges functional and to remove their problems by inculcating a spirit to expedite the process of speedy dispensation of justice. Besides, the in-service judicial officers would also get training in the use of modern modes of techniques like computers and other gadgets, he added. Moazzam said the training imparted to judicial officers would surely enhance their capacity to improve their functioning with ultimate end to providing relief to litigants. In recent past certain training programmes in collaboration with USAID, IOM and others were successfully arranged, he added. The upcoming judicial courses would include topics like judicial accountability, women related issues, role of law officers, effective superintendent, skill based ADR training, orientation of new laws, effective financial management, appreciation of evidence, review of NJP implementation with reference to problems faced by courts,gender sensitization, role of law officer,orientation of judges of Labour courts and NIRC, management of civil and family cases, emerging issues in justice system etc. About 500 judicial officers would attend the a total of 24 scheduled programmes (including courses, seminars and conferences).

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