The Punjab Planning & Development Board in collaboration with Lahore High Court and Punjab Judicial Academy organized the inaugural ceremony of training workshop for district commercial court judges under Ease of Doing Business Reforms Action Plan.
The objective of the six day intensive training workshop of judges is to equip them with relevant laws and precedents related to commercial and overseas courts. Mr. Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh, Chairman, Planning & Development Board stated, we are channelizing our best efforts to create an enabling business environment in the province to attract investments and generate economic activity which would lead towards job creation. Since, the past few years, we have implemented a number of reforms for the private sector under this reforms strategy to create an enabling environment for the businesses to operate and flourish. In Punjab, several reform initiatives were implemented during the last two years in the areas of construction permits, registering property and getting electricity.
This year under the guidance and supervision of Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court, Mr. Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan and his team led by Honorable Mr. Justice Shahid Karim and Honorable Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan worked in collaboration with Planning & Development Board to implement the reforms under enforcing contracts indicator, he added. The Honorable Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan gave detailed presentation on Rule of Law and Access, Dispensation & Administration of Justice. He stated that 4 th schedule, item 3 of the Federal Legislative list, Part-I emphasizes on “implementing of treaties & agreements while Article -4 of the constitution deals with equal protection of law.
On 29th February, 2020 the National Judicial Policy Making Committee directed all Administrative Tribunals and Special Courts to be filled for clearing of backlog of all cases. He further added the reforms under contract enforcement indicator implemented by the Lahore High Court are historical and shall be beneficial for other provinces to replicate.
The Honorable Chief Justice Lahore High Court Mr. Justice Muhammad Qasim Khan appreciated the efforts of his team led by Mr. Justice Shahid Karim and Mr. Justice Jawad Hassan who worked tirelessly with the Planning & Development Board and the World Bank, IFC Group and provided the vision for operationalization of commercial courts and legislative reforms.
