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Brochure

Punjab Judicial Academy, 15-Fane Road, Lahore.

Edited by:

Muhammad Amir Munir, Senior Instructor

Designed and Developed by:

Humair Ali, Personal Assistant

Published by the Punjab Judicial Academy

2014 © All Rights Reserved.

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Objectives

This Conference is being organized by the Punjab Judicial Academy in continuation of First Pakistan Judicial

Academy‘s Summit held in the year 2011 at Sindh Judicial Academy. It was resolved that to continue this important

event, the next activity shall be conducted by the Punjab Judicial Academy. As the PJA has planned a new vision of

judicial education with a focus on training every judge every year through a general training program, therefore, it

becomes imperative that the intricacies and innovations in adult learning are properly understood and applied for a

quality judicial education regime. Equally important is to go deep into different operational sides of a judicial

academy for seeking improvement in judicial education to remain competitive and relevant to the justice sector

human resource training needs. By this exercise, raising the standards of judicial education will translate into a

quality judicial education to judicial officers and court personnel and hence a quality justice delivery system will be

ensured.

The main Objectives of this Conference are:

To understand key issues in curriculum and course content and designing

To highlight the issues and challenges in faculty development and learning innovation for better

performance of faculty

To realize the importance of information technology, research and judicial academies networking and

To inculcate modern trends in judicial education regime for optimal performance

Keeping in view the above objectives, the Conference has been divided into four main sessions:

1. Curriculum & Course: Content & Design

2. Faculty Development and Learning Innovation

3. Information Technology, Research & Judicial Academies Networking

4. Judicial Education in Modern Context

The Session Objectives are:

Session-I: Curriculum & Course: Content & Design

To understand the issues in judicial education planning and design

To know the science and art of curriculum content and design

To highlight the importance of use of teaching tools in international context

To consider using training needs assessment as a tool to improve curricula and

courses

To know the importance of feedbacks for improvement in curricula and courses

Session-II: Faculty Development and Learning Innovations

To understand the nature of faculty for a judicial education institute

To realize the importance of Training of Trainers (ToT) Programs

To link up faculty development with learning innovations

To sensitize the importance of imparting social context education for judiciary and

the role of faculty

To consider applying a quality examination system and development of performance

indicators for trainees

Session-III: Information Technology, Research and Judicial Academies Networking

To learn the role of IT in judicial education

To explore internet based judicial education platforms


To venture into computer assisted legal and judicial research techniques and tools

To explore the power of social media for judicial education programs

To understand the importance of networking judicial education bodies and sharing of

knowledge, resources and faculty

Session-IV: Judicial Education in Modern Context

To explore the ADR as a new tool for Courts

To know the issues and challenges in establishing a Mediation Center in Judicial

Academy

To sensitize the judicial education bodies on the content of an ADR/Mediation

program for judges

To understand the Islamic perspective of judicial education and alternative modes of

dispute resolution

To consider preparing bench-books as a mode of judicial education for judges and

magistrates etc.

This scheme is intended to facilitate the above core values to be discussed by experts for exploring the present to

link it up with future. In depth research on these main themes will further help the judicial academies and other adult

learning institutions to find out standards for measuring the performance of the institution. To achieve the target of

having teaching methods of international standards, it is relevant that national experience are shared with each other

for betterment of the individual institution‘s performance and to make it a one whole.

Thus, the above mentioned four concurrent sessions will run to find out answers or options for the problems being

faced in ach area for better and informed decision making process in raising judicial education standards in this

Country. Each concurrent session is divided into five sub-topics for presentation of papers and deliberations on

conclusions. The audience, the panelist and learned speakers will sit together to bring out recommendations of each

session through a democratic process and open discussion. Sharing of views and reception to ideas will be the key

features of each session.

The Conference declaration will be based on the collective group recommendations that will be presented in full-

house at the time of concluding ceremony and, if approved, will be announced as “Judicial Education Declaration

2014”. There will be hopes for taking up the lamp of judicial education to the next destination for some other

dimension that could not have been addressed in the Summit 2011 or the present Conference.


Concurrent Session-I

(Room No.1)

Chairs: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Ayesha A. Malik,

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi

Co-Chair: Dr. Osama Siddique

Curriculum & Course: Content & Design

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Teaching tools for adult learning: International best practices

Mr. William J. Brunson, Director Special Projects, and Joseph R. Sawyer, Distance Learning, Technology,

and Faculty Development Manager, National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, USA. (Through Skype)

Judicial Education: Planning and Design

Syed Khursheed Anwar Rizvi, DG, Punjab Judicial Academy

Curriculum content and design

Dr. Khursheed Iqbal, Dean, KP Judicial Academy

TEA BREAK (11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Concurrent Session-I

Curriculum & Course: Content & Design

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Training needs assessment: A tool to develop and improve curriculum

Dr. Faqir Hussain, DG, Federal Judicial Academy

Feedbacks and their role in improvement in curriculum, course and modules

Dr. Osama Siddique,

Open House/ Panel Discussion and Formulation of Group Recommendations

Moderator: Khalid Mahmood Bhatti, Senior Instructor

Rapporteur: Aisha Rabbani, Hafiz Erfa Khursid


Teaching Tools for Adult Learning: International Best Practices

Mr. William J. Brunson & Joseph R. Sawyer

Brief Introduction: William J. Brunson is director of special projects for The National Judicial College. In this

position, he is responsible for business development, conducts faculty development

workshops, manages international programs, and oversees numerous grant projects. Prior to

this position, he served as the College‘s academic director for more than three years and

assistant academic director for more than four years. He also served as a program attorney for

four years and program coordinator under a Bureau of Justice Assistance grant. Mr. Brunson

received a bachelor‘s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and Juris Doctor from

Willamette University College of Law where he served as an associate editor on the

Willamette Law Review. Before joining the NJC‘s staff, Mr. Brunson was in private practice. He is a member of the

Nevada State Bar. In 1999, he was presented with the President‘s Special Service Award by the National

Association of State Judicial Educators (NASJE). He served as NASJE‘s president in 2004-2005. He is a former

board member of the State Bar of Nevada‘s CLE Committee. He is co-author and co-editor of numerous curricula

and publications including ―Human Trafficking: What Judges Need to Know‖ (2013); ―Immigration Consequences

of Criminal ‗Convictions‘‖ (2010); ―Resource Guide for Managing Complex Litigation) (2010); ―Presiding over a

Capital Case: a Benchbook for Judges‖ (2009); and ―Strategies for Addressing the DWI Offender: 10 Promising

Sentencing Practices‖ (2005). He has educated faculty both nationally and internationally on adult education

principles and practice and curriculum development. Mr. Brunson joined the faculty of The National Judicial

College in 1997.

Joseph R. Sawyer has been on the staff of The National Judicial College since 1982 and has been the distance

learning and technology manager since 1998. As such, he provides instruction to faculty on the use of teaching and

classroom technologies. He also educates faculty on the methods of educating judges in a distance-learning

environment in both synchronous and asynchronous formats. He has developed distance learning programs for

judges on a wide variety of topics. Mr. Sawyer also teaches about courtroom technology, evidence presentation

systems, litigation support software, and technology infrastructure in courtroom design. In 2004, Mr. Sawyer was

the recipient of the William R. McMahon Award, presented annually by the ABA Judicial Division National

Conference of Specialized Court Judges for leadership in the field of technology in the courts. He was a lecturer at

the Russian Academy of Justice in Moscow during the summer of 2004. In 2009 and 2011, Mr. Sawyer taught in

Liberia for the ABA Rule of Law Initiative and in Bosnia for the Organization for Security and Co-Operation in

Europe. He was accepted into the Leadership Institute for Judicial Education in 2005. He has also been a faculty

member of the State Bar of Nevada since 2002. He is the former president of the National Association for State

Judicial Educators. Mr. Sawyer joined the faculty of The National Judicial College in 2000.

Judicial Educators. Mr. Sawyer joined the faculty of The National Judicial College in 2000.

Abstract of Paper This paper highlights Best Practices for Using Learning Activities, Best Practices for Learning Activities in

Webcasts, Presentation Strategies and the Learning, Questions to Facilitate the Learning Circle, Best Practices:

Complete Instructions for Your Learners, Webcast Producer‘s Script, Designing and Presenting Programs

Effectively: A Faculty Development, Presenting Effectively Online, Distance Learning Workshop.



Syed Khursheed Anwar Rizvi

Brief Introduction:

Name Syed Khurshid Anwar Rizvi

Date of birth 07.04.1958

Place of birth Lahore

Qualification LL.B, D.LL, LL.M

Service record as Civil Judge. Appointed as Civil Judge in the year 1988 through competitive examination

held by Punjab Public Service Commission and remained posted as such at: -

1. Okara.

2. Wazirabad (District Gujranwala)

3. Vehari

4. Lahore

5. Bhakkar

Service record as Senior Civil

Judge. Promoted as Senior Civil Judge in the year 2002 and remained posted as such

at: -

1. Multan

2. Sargodha

3. Lahore (J.S.C.C)

Service record as

Additional District & Sessions

Judge.

Promoted as Additional District & Sessions Judge in the year 2013 remained

posted as such at:

1. Lahore

2. Liaquatpur (District Rahim Yar Khan)

3. Depalpur (District Okara)

4. Faisalabad

5. Gujranwala

6. Kasur

7. Chiniot

Service record as District & Sessions Judge

Promoted as District & Sessions Judge in January 2014 and remained posted

as:

1. Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Rawalpindi

2. Special Judge Anti-Corruption, Lahore

Ex Cadre Postings 1. Law Officer in Govt. of the Punjab, Education Department (1995).

2. Section Officer, Govt. of the Punjab, Law & Parliamentary Affairs

Department (1995-1998).

3. Additional Registrar, Lahore High Court, Multan Bench, Multan

(2012-2013)

Appreciations 1. Awarded special prize for best performance in 2001 by Mr. Justice Falak

Sher, the then Honourable Chief Justice Lahore High Court.


Courses/Workshops in Pakistan 2. Attended various training courses at:

3. (i) National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA), Lahore

4. (ii) Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad

5. (iii) Punjab Judicial Academy, Lahore

6. (iv) American Centre, Lahore

7. (v) Avari Lahore.

Foreign Training 8. Training course at ISDL, San Francisco USA

Countries Visited 9. (i) USA

10. (ii) UK

11. (iii) Saudi Arabia

12. (iv) India

Abstract of Paper The purpose of judicial training and education institutions is to impart training and education to judges, magistrates

and court personnel. The objectives are to raise their level of competence and competency, to increase efficiency and

effectiveness, and to make them good judges and court staff for providing quality justice to the litigants. Quality of

legal education in our country is not that high and this has already been noted with concern by the Hon'ble Supreme

Court of Pakistan in its judgment cited as PLD 2007 SC 394. Thus, the role of the judicial academies becomes of

great importance in providing education and training to judges, magistrates and court staff. They have to fulfil two

gaps: one left by the weak legal education system; the other by the legal profession which is unable to cater itself the

training and educational needs of lawyers.

Planning for judicial education programs require a futuristic vision and proper utilization of time, money and

energies of academics and staff. For this, the first important tool is to draft a calendar of activities. It must be based

on proper training needs assessments and defined objectives. Calendar helps in budgeting, planning, effective use of

infrastructure, manpower and other resources. It also helps in saving judicial time as the trainees know the dates of

their visit to the Academy. Still further, all relevant stakeholders get equal opportunity to get judicial education over

a period of time.

Design of judicial education program needs comprehensive overhaul as we need to shift from lecture based method

of teaching to experiential learning; from passive to active learning; from one way education to interactive mode;

from merely reading law to knowing all perspective of life relevant to judicial decision making. This is possible if

proper faculty is hired, programs are designed based on use of modern teaching tools, preparation of support

material for each program and engaging judges and non-judges as speakers / moderators / facilitators to different

judicial education programs.

Judicial academies must come up with an out of the box approach and also go out of its campuses by providing

online training programs and on job trainings to judges, magistrates and court personnel. This is to ensure that

maximum number of justice sector human resources are engaged in training and educational activities without their

being away from their court rooms.

Curriculum Content and Design

Dr. Khursheed Iqbal

Brief Introduction:

Education

PhD: 2007 Human Rights University of Ulster, Northern

Ireland UK

LLM: 2002 International Business Law University of Hull, UK (Chevening

Scholar)

MA: 1995 Political Science University of Peshawar

LLB 1990 (Distinction) Law University of Peshawar


Teaching Teaching: Visiting Faculty Member Law College, University of Peshawar,

Department of Gender Studies, University of Peshawar;

International Islamic University, Islamabad

Member Board of Studies, International Islamic

University, Islamabad

Publications

PhD thesis as a research monograph published by Routlege, London, 2009

Articles on Human Rights, Criminal Justice and judicial education in International law journals

Extra-curricular

Pashto poet & short story writer and drama writer

Contact details

Email: [email protected]; Ph. Office: 091-9210748; Cell: 0333 9299326

Abstract of Paper

Curriculum designing and development is one of the basic challenges in educating judges. It plays an intrinsic role

to help ensure judicial competency as well as an instrumental role to help address wider social, economic and

cultural issues. The paper argues that in a developing economy, judicial education curriculum designing may need to

be informed by a scientific inquiry reflecting, not only on quantitative data of needs assessment of judges and all

other justice sector actors, but also, rather very significantly, on qualitative methods of understanding the theory and

practice of the rule of law reform and international best practices. Using Pakistan‘s judicial education as an

emerging area of legal scholarship and public policy, the paper contextualizes judicial education curriculum

development endeavours in Pakistan‘s rule of law challenges. The paper critically analyzes the recent training needs

assessment and curriculum designing practice of the Judicial Academy of Pakistan‘s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province,

which, due to its tremendous suffering, is facing peculiar rule of law challenges.

Training Needs Assessment: A Tool to Develop and Improve Curriculum

Dr. Faqir Hussain

Brief Introduction:

Dr Faqir Hussain holds Ph D degree in Constitutional Law. He also carried out research as

Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of London. He obtained LL M from the University of

London and MA (Political Science) as well as LL B from the University of Peshawar.

Dr Hussain served as Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan. He also served as Secretary, Law

& Justice Commission of Pakistan and Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, University of

Peshawar. He remained Member, National Commission on the Status of Women; also Acting

Chairperson of this body from July 2001 to March 2002. He is the Visiting Fellow at the

National Defence University, Federal Judicial Academy, National Police Academy, Foreign

Service Academy, Information Service Academy, Islamabad and National Institute of Management, Peshawar. Was

visiting Professor, Punjab Law College, Rawalpindi and Islamia Law College, Peshawar. Remained Member,

Project Board to Edit the Judicial Reform Handbook, published by the Asia-Pacific Judicial Reform Forum, Manila,

Philippines, Assistant Editor, Journal of Law and Society, Law Faculty, University of Peshawar, Member, HEC

National LL B Curricula Development Committee and Committee for Award of LL M/Ph D-in-Law Overseas

Scholarships, Member, Board of Studies, Faculty of Shariah and Law at the International Islamic University,

Islamabad, Member, Academic Council, Federal Judicial Academy, Member, Board of Governors, National

University of Modern Languages, Islamabad.

mailto:[email protected]


He is the author of 2 books and co-author of 3 others. Has published 12 research reports and over 50 research

papers. He has widely travelled abroad, represented the country in foreign fora and participated in many

national/international conferences/workshops.

Abstract of Paper

Continuing judicial education (CJE) or judicial training (JT) remained a neglected subject for long:

Civil Law countries sat up judicial training institutes (JTI) earlier in time, since judges were induced

from amongst fresh graduates.

Common Law countries however paid no heed to JT, as judges were inducted from amongst

experienced lawyers:

False assumption prevailed in the Commonwealth that the basic qualifications and on-the-job

experience is sufficient for judges and they require no more exposure to learning.

There prevails distaste for judicial training; the judges mock at the idea of imparting training

to learned lawyers-turned-adjudicators.

No wonder then, there exists no developed model of CJE/JT to imitate and/or programme to replicate.

Absence of CLE and false misconception, let Catlin, head of Michigan Judicial Institute to comment:

Lawyers don't become good judges by the wave of a magic wand. Not even the best lawyers. To reappear behind the

bench as a skilled jurist is a tricky maneuver. Going from adversary to adjudicator means changing one's attitude,

learning and using new skills, and in some cases severing old ties.

Feedbacks and their Role in improvement in Curriculum, Course and Modules

Dr. Osama Siddique

Brief Introduction:

Dr. Osama Siddique is one of the leading legal scholars as well as experts on justice sector reform in

Pakistan. He holds an LL.M and SJD from Harvard Law School and was also a Rhodes Scholar at

Oxford. He is the author of the recent award winning book 'Pakistan's Experience with Formal Law:

An Alien Justice' published by Cambridge University Press. He also has diverse and extensive

teaching as well as legal practice experience in Pakistan, U.K and the U.S. The Founding Chair of

the Law & Policy School at LUMS, he is currently Senior Faculty at the Harvard Law School's

Institute for Global Law and Policy (IGLP) and also an Associate Fellow at the Soros Foundation's

Institute of Development and Economic Alternatives (IDEAS).


Concurrent Session-II

(Room No. 2)

Chair: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan

Co-Chair: Dr. Tariq Hassan

Faculty Development and Learning Innovation

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Professionalizing Judicial Education: Permanent vs. Visiting and Judges vs. Non-Judges Judicial Educators

Mr. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan,

Former Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan

Judicial Education in Balochistan

Mr. Aman Ullah Baloch, DG, Balochistan Judicial Academy, Quetta

Installing quality examination system: Defining performance indicators for the trainees

Mr. Hayat Ali Shah, DG, KP Judicial Academy, Peshawar

TEA BREAK (11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Concurrent Session-II

Faculty Development and Learning Innovation

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Training of Trainers (ToT) Programs: Importance and relevance

Dr. Geeta Oberoi, Professor, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, India (Through Skype)

Social context judicial education: A new perspective

Mr. Muhammad Amir Munir (Ph.D Scholar),

Senior Civil Judge/ Senior Instructor, PJA

Open House/Panel Discussion and Formulation of Group Recommendations

Moderator: Nadeem Ahmad Sohail, Senior Instructor

Rapporteur: Jawad Raza Sultan, Waiza Rafique



Mr. Justice Khalil -ur-Rehman Khan

Brief Introduction:

Experience : Law Practice of 24 years. Shariah, Banking, Corporate,

Constitutional and Civil Law.

Served as Judge, Lahore High Court (1981-1994).

Served as Judge Federal Shariat Court (1994-1996)

Served as Chief Justice - Lahore High Court (1996).

Served as Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan (1996-2000).

Acting Ombudsman of Pakistan (1999 - 2000) (Public Ethics Department of

Federal Government).

Chairman, Shariat Appellate Bench of Supreme Court of Pakistan. Author of

Judgment of Riba case (Bank Interest).

Has the distinction of dealing with Islamic Financial Transactions and Products

in the capacity of Chairman, “Religious Board” for Modaraba Companies

for six years.

Decided the most important cases concerning Shariah issues during the tenure

as a Judge of the High Court and Supreme Court.

Chairman, Shariah Board, Munich-Re Retakaful Company, Malaysia for three

years from October 2008 to October 2011.

Rector – International Islamic University Islamabad (2000 – 2005).

Chairman, Punjab Commission for Free & Compulsory Education

(Constituted by Govt. of the Punjab).

Positions Presently Held:

Chairman, Halal Development Agency, Govt. of the Punjab (2011 - ).

Member, Shariah Board, State Bank of Pakistan.

Chairman, Shariah Advisory Board Al-Baraka Bank (Pakistan) Limited.

Board of Trustees-Founder Member, International Islamic University

Islamabad.

Member Board of Governors, International Islamic University Islamabad.

Member Council of Islamic Research Institute, International Islamic

University Islamabad.

Overall Objectives : To provide Consultancy and Advisory Services on Shariah related issues.

Ensure all products, services being provided and activities of the Financial

Institutions are in conformity with the requirements of Shariah.

Provide certification in conformity with the highest professional standards.

Learning Activities : Contributed Articles on Islamic Law and Islamic Banking in National Press –


National & International Seminars.

Author: Principles of Law of Evidence – Commentary on Qanun-e-Shahadat

Order 1984. (Two Volumes).

Lectures delivered to Senior Students of Universities and Renowned

Madrassas on Shariah Issues, Impact of Globalization on Muslim Societies,

Islamic Economics, and Role of Prayer Leaders in Muslim Minority Countries.

Visiting Professor – International Islamic University, Malaysia and

International Islamic University, Islamabad.

Contributed Chapter on Education in the handbook on Religious Education

published by the Routledge Publishing House, Russia.

Contributed Chapter on Education in the book published in India by Dr. Tahir

Mahmood.

Abstract of Paper

The commencement of continued legal education and judicial training of judges in Pakistan can be traced back to

the submission in 1985 of a scheme proposing pre-service and in-service courses for the judges of District Judiciary

to the Lahore High Court. The then Chief Justice Honorable Abdul Shakurul Salam raised following two queries:

1) Who will be imparting training?

2) If judges of superior courts are to deliver lectures, would it not result in eroding discipline or be detrimental

to the high status of the Superior Judiciary?

Judicial Education in Balochistan

Mr. Aman ullah Baloch

Brief Introduction:

Education:

1987 LLB University of Balochistan

1982 B.A. University of Balochistan

Experience:

February 1988 Joined practice as Advocate of Trial Court

March 1993 Joined practice as Advocate of High Court

September 1994 Appointed as Additional District and Sessions Judge

March 2001 Promoted as District and Sessions Judge and posted at various all stations of Balochistan.

November 2007 Resigned from Service as District and Sessions Judge

November 2007 Again joined practice as Lawyer

2008-2009 Elected as President Balochistan Bar Association

October 2014 till date Working as Director General, Balochistan Judicial Academy

Abstract of Paper

Judicial education is important for developing judicial competence and improving the quality of justice and the

performance of Courts. Judicial training is seen as a crucial component of promoting sustainable development

through helping create a secure investment environment consolidating judicial independence and improving Access

to Justice. With the help of judicial education and training, the administrative officer of the courts strive to enhance

the ability of judges to deal with the volume of cases more expeditiously, surely and equitably than their present

performance. After joining Academy as Director General on 10-10-2014, I observed that though my former

collagues tried their best to achieve the object but judicial education is vast subject specially in Balochistan, where

before Law Reform‘s Ordinance, the criminal and civil justice system were running under various Local Laws


namely Dastor-ul-Amal Dawani Kalat 1952 Ordinance. In 1968 relating to Civil Justice System ordinance, II of

1968 relating to Criminal Justice System, Balochistan Civil Dispute (Shariat Application) 1976. However after

enforcement of Regular Law, the Chief Justice of Balochistan High Court and after establishment of Judicial

Academy, actively did their best to improve the judicial education and judicial performance in Balochistan and

efforts are in progress to achieve the goal.

Installing Quality Examination System: Defining Performance Indicators for the Trainees

Mr. Hayat Ali Shah

Brief Introduction:

Senior most District and Sessions Judge

Former Registrar Peshawar High Court

Founder Director General KP Judicial Academy Peshawar

Pioneer in judges and court staff training in KP

Raised and established Judicial Academy, Postgraduate Institute of Judicial Studies, Radio Meezan FM 96.6,

Mediation Center, Research Center in Academy

Worked with International Organizations i.e. UNDP, World Bank, GIZ, UNICEF, DFID in various Justice

sector related projects

Known expert of planning and development

Expert on crises management

Expert on establishing and developing institutions

Negotiation expert

Renowned trainer

Event organizer

Innovator

Presented Papers and lectures in various national and international workshops/Conferences

Visited Philippine, Austria, China, Italy, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Qatar

Abstract of Paper

The presentation contains an overview of the system in which judges are working, attitude and aptitude of the judges

and expectations. It also touches the expectations of the public from the justice system.

Presentation also includes mandate of the academies and objectives of the trainings. Performance indicators are

highlighted and their assessments/ evaluation methodology is proposed.

Training of Trainers (ToT) Programs: Importance and Relevance

Dr. Geeta Oberoi

Brief Introduction:

Dr. Geeta Oberoi, is professor at National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, India. Before this, she was Director of the

Institute for Judicial and Legal Studies, Mauritius where she helped in setting up a system of continuing legal and

judicial education for legal and judicial profession of Mauritius. Prior to Mauritius, she was Principal of Lloyd Law

College in Greater Noida area. From 2010 to 2012, she was Additional Director at Maharashtra State Judicial

Academy, Uttan where she provided training to 2000 Magistrates and District Judges from Maharashtra. In 2009,


she served as an external Consultant at Oxfam Novib in the Netherlands to review constitutions of 31 nations in

Africa in an effort to provide input to the CSO on litigation strategy for the protection of economic and social rights.

She was also Consultant to the Law Commission of India to recommend whether India should regulate the sting

operations by private television channels. She also worked with the Delhi Police training school providing training

to newly appointed police officers on the law of evidence. From 2004 to 2008, she worked for the National

Judicial Academy in Bhopal, India - as a Research Fellow and then as an Assistant Professor - where she developed

training modules, assisted the Director in the development of National Judicial Education Strategy, the national core

curriculum, presented research papers on training of judges, developed model mediation plans, etc. From 2000 to

2004, she was a Research Fellow in the Indian Law Institute, New Delhi, where she worked on judicial reform

projects to recommend strategies to tackle problems of delay in the Indian courts.She has completed doctoral

work on the development of judicial education discourse under the Commonwealth Split Site Scholarship

programme from the University of Warwick, UK and the University of Delhi, India.

Abstract of Paper

We have now more than 200 judicial education institutions established all over the world to provide training to

judges (India -21, Pakistan -4, Bangladesh 2, Sri Lanka 1, Nepal -2, US -59, UK – 1, EU-47, Africa 12, Australia 15

and so on). As judges epitomise adult learners, any training programme for judges has to be built on broadly

endorsed principles of adult education. It has to be kept in mind that judges participate in judicial education

programmes for functional purposes rather than for the sake of learning per se. Well-trained faculty in adult

education principles therefore is necessary for effective judicial education programmes.

The majority of the instructors/faculty engaged by judicial training institutions all over the world – who are involved

in delivering substantive trainings are themselves judges and like learners, they too have experience in judging.

Therefore from the outset – both trainer and trainees are actually doing what they are learning about. But even then

fellow judges who take upon themselves the task of increasing the learning by their peers, have to understand that to

be successful in their training task, they have to develop special awareness around the job of instructor, the problems

learners come across in practice, differences that exist in dealing with the same problem by different judges, how the

course is organized, how as instructor they should deal with the problems that arise during the course delivery, when

and why learners feel bored or pleased, which training techniques are effective and which are non-effective.

To know all this and to develop special skills of communications and exchange of ideas, faculty – whether

consisting of judges or non-judges has to undergo special trainings themselves – which needs to be

tailored/customised to help different kind of faculty members to attain skills, knowledge and attitude required for

undertaking the job in judicial education institution.

There exists sound body of knowledge concerning how adults learn, different processes involved, significant factors

that affect learning. This body of knowledge has to be tapped for its potential to produce well trained trainers for JE

institutions. An ideal and meaningful TOT would consist of 6 core modules to be completed by faculty in 3 months

full time course or in 6 months part time course. Out of 6 core modules, first 4 will have to be taken by both visiting

and full time faculty for JE institutions. The last two will be mandatory for full time faculty. Full time faculty has to

be sponsored by the state/judiciary/government to undergo this course – where ever it may be held. Part time faculty

– can be encouraged to undergo this course but cannot be sponsored. Some reward schemes may be invented to help

part time faculty undergoing this course at their own expense like more preference for their employment in JE

institution, judicial services, legal services, universities and so on. The Institution/ University designing and

delivering TOT course must engage services of both judges and pedagogy experts, educational theorists, graduation

skill experts from abroad to deliver this TOT successfully and meaningfully. It has to be a regular course and not

one time affair. The course has to be repeated in cycles, one after another for new batch and for repeaters.


Social Context Judicial Education: A new Perspective

Mr. Muhammad Amir Munir

Brief Introduction:

Mr. Muhammad Amir Munir has LLB and LLM degrees from the Punjab University Law

College. Presently, he is candidate of PhD Law at the International Islamic University,

Islamabad. He has written and published widely on different subjects of law and development.

He has participated in national and international conferences and presented papers as speaker.

His focus remained on law and information technology; public interest litigation; therapeutic

jurisprudence; judicial appointments and judicial education. Recently, he has attended and

participated as Speaker and Moderator in first National Conference of Continuing Legal

Education held in Islamabad.

He joined judicial service in the year 2000 and served as Civil Judge/Magistrate in different districts of Punjab and

Islamabad. He has also served as Additional Director (Academics) of the Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad. He

has attended the Intensive Studies Program of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, Halifax, Canada

(June 2008) and was awarded its Fellowship. In 2012, he was selected as the pioneer Research Officer in the newly

established Research Center at the Lahore High Court and served there for more than two years. Since 15th April,

2014, he is serving in the Punjab Judicial Academy as Senior Civil Judge/Senior Instructor. His writings are

available at http://ssrn.com/author=670902. He can be contacted at [email protected].

Abstract of Paper

This paper will argue that in judicial academies and law schools, a judge is to be taught more than merely the law. It

will focus on interdisciplinary studies for judicial education programs so that judges are more informed; judgments

are more relevant to society; courts look more closer to people; judging is more reflective of societal problems while

using discretion to decide in favor of one or the other party; therapeutic and humane element is added in justice

delivery; social and economic dimensions of justice system are understood; the concept that "law is blind but the

judge is not" is applied with true rigour; and that judiciary is providing 'fair justice'--i.e., more than what the legal

justice delivers.

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Concurrent Session-III

(Library Hall)

Chair: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh

Co-Chair: Mr. Azam Nazir Tarar, Advocate Supreme Court

Information Technology, Research & Judicial Academies Networking

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Role of Research in Judicial Training

Prof. Dr. Dil Muhammad Malik, Former Dean of Law and Principal Punjab University Law College,

Lahore

Social media and judicial education programs: Innovating Learning

Rai Muhammad Khan (PhD. Scholar), Punjab Judicial Academy

Internet Based Judicial Education: Possibilities

Mr. Imran M. Rabbani (PhD. Scholar), Instructor IT, Punjab Judicial Academy, Lahore.

TEA BREAK (11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Concurrent Session-III

Information Technology, Research & Judicial Academies Networking

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Networking judicial education regime: Issues and Challenges

Syed Nasir Ali Shah, Director, PJA.

Role of IT in Judicial Education

Mr. Anwaar Hussain, Assistant Advocate General Punjab, LL.M. (McGill)

Issues Surrounding the Judiciary & Social Media

Sheriff Alistair JM Duff, Director of the Judicial Institute of Scotland


Moderator: Rai Muhammad Khan, Senior Instructor

Rapporteur: Muhammad Amer Ismail, Anna Bassett



Prof. Dr. Dil Muhammad Malik

Brief Introduction:

1. QUALIFICATIONS: LL.B (Distinction), LL.M (LSU-USA) PhD (Admin Law) with distinction (Punjab)

2. EXPERIENCE (Academics)- Vast experience of law teaching (University Law College, Civil Service

Academy, Punjab Civil Service Academy, Staff College, NIPA legal, Punjab Judicial Academy, University

of South Asia, Central Punjab University, etc.) as Lecturer, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor,

Professor. Academic administration as Pro Vice Chancellor and Vice Chancellor, University of South Asia

( about 04 years); Dean faculty of Law, Punjab University, Lahore (about 09 yrs) Principal, Univ. Law

College, Punjab University, Lahore (about 07 yrs)

3. RECOGNITIONS: Member, Legal Education Committee Pak Bar Council; Member Punjab Human

Rights Commission; Member Punjab Institutional Reforms Group, Member Legal Education Reform

Committee, Member University Governing Body (PU), Meritorious Professor of Law (first and up till now

only one), Punjab University and HEC recognised supervisor for PhD in Law; Central Overseas Training

Scholarship (GOP) LSU Scholarship for LLM and LSU Faculty Scholarship (LSU)

4. ACADEMIC CONTRIBUTIONS. Started PhD Law (through course work), 05 years BA LLB, Diploma

in Environmental Law, Diploma in Banking Law, Diploma in International Trade Law and introduced

semester system, admission test and compulsory English medium of examination in LLB programs.

5. CONSULTANCY WORK- Extensive experience of drafting laws/ legal research (20 projects)

World Bank (02 projects); Asian Development Bank (02 Projects) ;Swiss Development Corporation/SIC-

Tashkent (01 Project) ; International Water Management Institute (01 Project) US-AID (07 Projects); Mott

MacDonald (01 project); Government of Pakistan/ACE / NESPAK (02 Projects); Punjab Irrigation &

Drainage Authority (01 Project) Govt. of Punjab, I&P Dept. – honorary basis (02 Projects); King Edward

Medical University (01 Project)

6. RESEARCH WORK:

Contributed more than 20 articles in reputed law journals, supervised more than 40 LL.M theses and

participated in some TV programs.

7. CONFERENCES/SEMINARS:

International: Participation as resource person in about 25 international conferences, seminars,

workshops, etc mostly as resource person/paper contributor( including 9 in foreign countries, e.g., China,

USA, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Austria, Switzerland and Uzbekistan.)

National: Participation in about 25 national conferences, seminars.etc.

Abstract of Paper

The paper highlights the importance of research in judicial training in Pakistan. The introduction elucidates the

importance of knowledge, involving understanding the available knowledge through education and creating new

knowledge through research, in the progress of human civilization.

The paper gives analyses of the basic types of research (qualitative and quantitative) along with the methodology

involving exploratory, explanatory, descriptive and confirmatory methods. The sources of legal research have also

been briefly described, which include primary sources, i.e., Act, Rules, Regulation, case Law and secondary sources

i.e. the Law Journals, Law Reporters, text books, commentaries, internet materials, conference material, seminar

discussions, etc. In addition, the research tools available for legal research have been identified for the use of

trainers.

At the end the paper suggests how the judicial officers can be trained in conducting legal research for their own use

in their Judgments and for the use of others through their research papers published in the law journals or read at the

conferences/seminars.


Social Media and Judicial Education Programs: Innovating Learning

Rai Muhammad Khan

Brief Introduction:

LL.B Punjab, LL.M Punjab, Ph.D Law (Scholar) IIU Islamabad, Civil Judge Ist Class Magistrate

Section 30,Severed as Research officer in Lahore High Court Research Center for almost three

years and earned appreciation for research input in several reported judgments

Abstract of Paper

Social media is future social currency. Our youth, who are future judges and legal experts, are

called Net Geners or Digital Natives. They are now entering legal and judicial profession.

Traditional ways of imparting Judicial Training and Education will not suffice for such tech savvy

judicial officers. Judicial academies should endeavor to build up a full-fledged mechanism for imparting judicial

training and education through the use of social media and other internet based facilities. Judicial academies should

establish separate social media cells for proper use of this vehicle of communication in judicial education. It will

enable lesser dislocation of judges from their stations, resulting in lesser loss of judicial timing, lesser expenditure

and frequent opportunities of training. With increased use of social media, courts are also called upon to adjudicate

legal issues arising from use of social media. Restraining or suppression orders which are used to curb spread of any

information damaging pending case of any party are now becoming ineffective. Misrepresentation of court

proceeding and disclosure of confidential information submitted to courts are other judicial challenges. To cope

these problems judicial officer must be trained and educated on problems pertaining to social media. Vehicle of

social media should be effectively used by judicial academies to impart training. This will result in proper

orientation of Judicial Officer in social media and will better equip them to solve legal issues emerging therefrom.

By the sidelines of the benefits and opportunities, this paper also argues that a cautious approach is required by the

judges as users of social media as it may, at some point, affect their judicial business and bring their impartiality in

question.

Internet Based Judicial Education; Possibilities

Mr. Imran M. Rabbani

Brief Introduction:

Mr. Imran Mujaddid Rabbani has MSc. degree in computer science from Punjab University and

MS / M. Phil Computer Science degree from Govt. College University, Lahore. Presently, he is

candidate of PhD Computer Science at the University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore. He

has five international publications in various conferences in the field of Information Technology.

He started his career in the year 2006 and served as In-charge of IT Dept. at Services Institute of

Medical Sciences / Services Hospital Lahore for three years. He has developed numerous software

applications that run in hospital to atomize its functionalities. He has teaching IT subjects in

various colleges since 2007. Since 4th

September, 2009, he is serving in the Punjab Judicial Academy as Instructor

IT and has conducted more than 20 IT Training courses in the Academy. At PJA, he has developed Training

Management System, Attendance Management System, Library and Stock Management System.


Abstract of Paper

This paper will emphasize on the use of modern gadgets in judicial education and explore internet based judicial

education platforms. Traditional campus based training and education is provided by the Federal and Provincial

academies in Pakistan. In the current scenario, strength of academies is limited to some extent and not enough to

enhance skills of trainees. Internet is playing a pivotal role in all fields of life especially in education through

computer aided training (CAT). The paper focuses to introduce possibilities to the academies for increasing the

skills of trainees through internet based judicial education system (IBJES). There are numerous distance learning

management systems are available that can be utilized for judicial education. The Modular Object-Oriented

Dynamic Learning Environment [Moodle] online learning Management System (LMS) is proposed to enhance the

judicial education in academies which is online, timeless and cost effective.

Networking Judicial Education Regime: Issues and Challenges

Syed Nasir Ali Shah

Brief Introduction:

1. EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION

B.A LL.B: D.LL; (Punjab University, Lahore, Pakistan).

2. SERVICE PROFILE

a) Appeared in competitive examination held in the year 1977 by the Punjab Public Service Commission for

the posts of Civil Judges and secured second position in Punjab.

b) Appointed as Civil Judge on 01 04 1978 and served at different stations in Punjab.

c) Promoted as Senior Civil Judge and served at Gujranwala.

d) Promoted as Additional District & Sessions Judge and served at Jhelum, Gujranwala and Lahore.

e) Promoted as District & Sessions Judge and served as Special Judge Customs, Taxation and Anti

Smuggling, Lahore, Administrative Judge Accountability Courts Lahore, and District & Sessions Judge,

Lahore.

f) Served as Registrar Lahore High Court, Lahore.

g) Acted twice as Returning Officer and District Returning Officer during General Elections.

h) Upon reaching the age of superannuation retired on 31 05 2009 in B.S 22

i) Served as Solicitor General of Pakistan, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Division,

Islamabad Government of Pakistan on contract basis from 08 07 2009 to 07 07 2011.

j) Served as a Registrar Commission on Written off Loans constituted by honourable Supreme Court of

Pakistan from 19 12 2011 to 31 01 2013.

k) Served as Election Tribunal for Rawalpindi Division & Islamabad.

3. PAPERS AND ARTICLES

a) 2006, PLD, Contours of a Judgment

b) 2012, PLD, Paradoxes and Expediencies of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan. (1973)

Abstract of Paper

Dictionary meaning of networking interalia includes an association of individuals having a common interest, formed

to provide mutual assistance, helpful information, or the like and to cultivate people who can be helpful to one

professionally. When such networking is viewed in the perspective of judicial education, the institutions which

provide judicial education become relevant and important. These are none else but Judicial Academies.


Role of IT in Judicial Education

Mr. Anwaar Hussain

Brief Introduction:

Mr. Hussain did his law degree from Punjab Law College, University of the Punjab obtaining

University Distinctions in all three parts of the law degree followed by Masters in Political

Science securing overall fifth position in the University. Mr. Hussain also obtained postgraduate

diplomas in labour (DLL) and intellectual property laws (DIPL) from University Law College

securing first position in both courses as well as LLM from Institute of Comparative Law,

University of McGill, Canada. Before joining office of Advocate General, Punjab Mr. Hussain

has a standing of 14 years at Bar. Mr. Hussain also served as Legal Draftsman at Law

Parliamentary Affairs and Human Rights Department, Government of the Punjab (December 2005 to August 2008)

where major assignment completed for Government included drafting of the Punjab Rented Premises Ordinance,

2007 which later was adopted as the Punjab Rented Premises Act, 2009 besides drafting and vetting of numerous

legislative proposals of government and rendering opinion to administrative departments of the government. Mr.

Hussain also wrote research articles on trade and securities market arbitration, which has been published in Superior

Law Review. Mr. Hussain also attended Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon,

USA, 2014.

Abstract of Paper

Whenever the judicial history of any country is written, its significant volume will deal with the development of

programs for the continuous education of judges and the support staff. As Judicial Education has a very important

part to play in the rule of law, this discussion intends to highlight the importance of role of Information technology

as an indispensable tool for dissemination of judicial education and training and its increased use in judicial

scholarship is likely to have profound effect on institutional structures of judicial academies and functioning of

judicature itself. Inter alia, the presentation includes what IT methods can be used for imparting judicial education

and how it is likely to improve the over all working of judicial system Pakistan.

Issues Surrounding the Judiciary & Social Media

Sheriff Alistair JM Duff

Brief Introduction:

Sheriff Alistair JM Duff was admitted as a solicitor in 1977. He worked as a procurator fiscal depute (public

prosecutor) between 1977 and 1981 in Lanark, Hamilton, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Crown Office (the head office of

the Scottish Prosecution Authority). From 1981-2004 he was in private practice in Edinburgh as a solicitor

specializing in criminal defense. He was appointed as a resident sheriff in the sheriff court at Dundee in 2004 and

appointed Deputy Director of the Judicial Institute for Scotland in 2011. He assumed duties as Director of the

Judicial Institute of Scotland on 1 September 2014.


Concurrent Session-IV (Auditorium)

Chairs: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shezada Mazhar, Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza

Co-Chair: Mr. Justice Syed Jamshed Ali Shah, Former Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan

Judicial Education in Modern Context

Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Establishing and running a Mediation Center: Sharing of experience

Mr. Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, Former Chief Justice of Pakistan and presently Chairperson

Karachi Center for Dispute Resolution (KCDR), Karachi.

Design and content of Bench-books: Issues and challenges

Mr. Justice Shabbir Ahmed,

Former Judge Sindh High Court

Honorary DG, Sindh Judicial Academy

Judicial education in Islam

Mr. Justice Dr. Munir Ahmad Mughal,

Formerly Judge Lahore High Court and Member Council of Islamic Ideology

TEA BREAK (11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Concurrent Session-IV

Judicial Education in Modern Context

Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Designing ADR/Mediation program for Judges: Content

Mr. Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri, Advocate Supreme Court

ADR and role of Courts: A training perspective

Mr. Saad Rasool, LL.M. (Harvard) Advocate High Court


Moderator: Khalid Khan, Senior Instructor

Rapporteur: Muhammad Faizan Azhar, Zainab Sohail, Shafaq Ijaz, Saad Bin Zaffar Sraw, Waffiullah Amir, Aftab

Ahmad


Establishing and Running a Mediation Center: Sharing of Experience

Mr. Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui

Brief Introduction:

Born at Calcutta (1.12.1937); received his school education at Lucknow/Dacca; passed

Matriculation from the Board of Secondary Education, Dacca (1952); passed Intermediate

Science (Engineering Group) from University of Dacca (1954); passed B.A. from University

of Karachi (1958); passed LL.B. from University of Karachi (1960); joined the Bar (February

1961); enrolled as Advocate of High Court of West Pakistan (November 1963); enrolled as

Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan (November 1969); elected Joint Secretary, Karachi

High Court Bar Association (1967); elected Member of Managing Committee of Karachi High

Court Bar Association (1968-69); elected Honorary Secretary of High Court Bar Library

(1977) and continued as such until elevated as judge of High Court of Sindh on 05-05-1980.

Appointed Member of Election Commission of Pakistan on 09-8-1980.

Appointed as Chairman Rule Committee of High Court of Sindh on 01-02-1986.

Appointed Chairman Sindh Zakat Council on 13-09-1988.

Appointed as Member of Company Law Commission on 07-06-1989.

Appointed as Member of 3-men Contact Group, by Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic

Conference to investigate the plight of Muslim minority in Bulgaria in May 1986 and presented the first report

of the group to the 17th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers held at Amman, Jordan, in March 1988,

second report to the 18th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers at Riyadh in March 1989, and the third report

to the 19th Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers at Cairo in July 1990. Also presented a preliminary report

on the plight of Muslim minority in Bulgaria in the Extraordinary Session of Islamic Conference of Foreign

Ministers in New York in October, 1989. Attended the 17th, 18th, 19th and the Extraordinary Session of

Islamic Conferences of Foreign Ministers in Amman, Riyadh, Cairo and New York on special invitation of

Secretary-General of Organization of Islamic Conference.

Appointed Acting Governor of Sindh from 27-07-1990 to 30-07-1990.

Appointed Acting Chief Justice of High Court of Sindh from 19-09-1990 to 19-10-1990.

Appointed as Chief Justice of the High Court of Sindh on 05-11-1990. Appointed as Judge, Supreme Court on

23-05-1992.Appointed as Chief Justice of Pakistan/Chairman Pakistan Law Commission w.e.f. 01-07-1999.

Design and Content of Bench-Books: Issues and Challenges

Mr. Justice Shabbir Ahmed

Brief Introduction:

Justice Shabbir Ahmed was born on December 20th 1942, in Allahabad, after initial schooling, he

obtained B.A. (1961) and LL.B (1963) Degrees from University of Allahabad. He was enrolled as

Advocate High Court on 12th August 1964 and practiced on Civil Side in Allahabad High Court

upto 1967.

He migrated to Pakistan in June, 1967 and practiced on Civil Side in Karachi upto 1973 and

remained affiliated with M/s. Mansoorul Arfin & Co. Advocates. He joined Sindh Subordinate

Judiciary as Senior Civil Judge on 26.3.1974 and served in that capacity in Sanghar (1974-1975)

and Hyderabad (1975-1978) Districts.


He was promoted as Additional District & Sessions Judge in November, 1978 and served in Districts Sukkur (1978-

1980), Larkana (1980-1983) and Nawabshah (1983-1985).He was promoted as District Sessions Judge on 19th

February 1985, served as Member Inspection Team, High Court, District & Sessions Judge in Districts Dadu,

Karachi ( South), Khairpur, Karachi (East), Mirpurkhas and Karachi (Central). He was also posted as Presiding

Officer, Sindh Labour Court No. III, Karachi and Sindh Labour Court No. 8, Larkana. He also served as Registrar

High Court, Sindh (thrice), (1986-1988), (1988-1989) and (1997-1998). He was elevated to Bench on 27th May,

1998 as Additional Judge for one year and was confirmed on 27th May, 1999. and Retired from High Court of sindh

on 19-12-2004.

He migrated to Pakistan in June, 1967 and practiced on Civil Side in Karachi upto 1973 and remained affiliated with

M/s. Mansoorul Arfin & Co. Advocates. He joined Sindh Subordinate Judiciary as Senior Civil Judge on 26.3.1974

and served in that capacity in Sanghar (1974-1975) and Hyderabad (1975-1978) Districts. He was promoted as

Additional District & Sessions Judge in November, 1978 and served in Districts Sukkur (1978-1980).

He was promoted as District Sessions Judge on 19th February 1985, served as Member Inspection Team, High

Court, District & Sessions Judge in Districts Dadu, Karachi ( South), Khairpur, Karachi (East), Mirpurkhas and

Karachi (Central). He was also posted as Presiding Officer, Sindh Labour Court No. III, Karachi and Sindh Labour

Court No. 8, Larkana. He also served as Registrar High Court, Sindh (thrice), (1986-1988), (1988-1989) and (1997-

1998). He was elevated to Bench on 27th May, 1998 as Additional Judge for one year and was confirmed on 27th

May, 1999. and Retired from High Court of sindh on 19-12-2004.

Other Assignments:

i. Judicial: Judge, Special Appellate Court for (Customs & Taxation), Sindh, Administrative Judge, Special

Courts (Anti-Terrorism Activities) for Karachi Division.

ii. Administrative : Chairman, Sindh Zakat Council, Chairman, Islamic Board Madarba and Chairman

Selection Committee for Judicial Officers, Sindh. Member, Syndicate of Karachi University and Baqai

University, Karachi.

Training & Conference:

He participated in third Batch for Shariah Course of Internation Islamic University, Islamabad in 1981, and attended

SAARC Law Conference at Jaipur (India) in September, 2002.

Abstract of Paper

The judicial function is a challenge to everyone who occupies that office. To be able to respond to the assignment

of dispensing justice efficiently and impartially, a judge, must improve his knowledge and skills: on concepts and

concerns of a fair trial and its operational parameters; methods of fact- finding that may be employed in judicial

proceedings; the art of judgment writing; and management of cases. Hence a comprehensive and sound knowledge

of the laws are indispensable. The enormous procedural laws make the process quite tedious and burdensome.

Nevertheless, the judges must have the laws on their sleeves.

There has always been a long felt need for a Bench Book that provides an overview of procedural laws, that may be

used by judges and which can be a guide that would assist in quick disposal of cases. The Bench Book should be a

handy source and a guide to procedure, provide information, advice and assistance in the administration of justice. It

should be able to assist judges in finding solutions to the day to day problems faced in court and a useful starting

point of reference on the Bench. This should not be regarded as a magic formula but will often require adaptation to

the circumstances of a particular case.


Judicial Education in Islam

Mr. Justice Dr. Munir Ahmad Mughal

Brief Introduction:

Hon‘ble Mr. Justice Dr. Munir Ahmad Mughal joined West Pakistan Judicial Service in 1966

and became a Civil Judge/Magistrate. He served in different capacities as such in different

parts of Pakistan. After end of the One Unit system, his services were placed at the disposal of

the Lahore High Court. He served in Punjab as Civil Judge, Senior Civil Judge, Additional

Sessions Judge and District & Sessions Judge. He has also worked as Assistant Draftsman in

the Federal Law Ministry from 1968-1973; Deputy Registrar Rules, Lahore High Court in late

1970s; Member, Inspection Team, Lahore High Court from 1981-1985; Member, National

Industrial Relations Commission, Govt of Pakistan 1988-1993; Solicitor, Government of

Punjab, Lahore (1993-1996); twice Member Council of Islamic Ideology (2003-2009); Judge, Lahore High Court

(1996-2001); Chairman, Punjab Zakat Council; Chief Legal Advisory, WAPDA/PEPCO; Legal Advisor, Nazariya

Pakistan Trust.

He is associated with a number of universities and institutions of higher learning in Pakistan as member of the Board

of Advanced Studies. A number of LLM; PhD and other Mphil students have received their degrees under his

supervision. He is author of large number of books, articles, research papers, newspaper articles on Islam, fiqh, law,

jurisprudence and shariah. His research papers have been published widely both at national and international levels.

He has also attended many national and international conferences on different topics and subjects.

He is teaching law at LLB; LLM and PhD levels in different institutions. He is also a visiting faculty of the Federal

Judicial Academy and the Punjab Judicial Academy.

Abstract of Paper

This paper discusses and traces the roots of judicial education and different codes of judicial conduct in Islamic

Shariàh.

Islam emphasizes on justice as it is nearer to piety. The historical study of development of Islamic legal and judicial

system provides us an insight into the life and workings of qadis, judges, judicial officers, courts and court

administrators. Many codes have since been found in place for the guidance of the judges and judicial officers,

magistrates, presiding officers of special courts etc. The first amongst them was Qur‘an itself. Hadith literature also

establishes itself as a second source of judicial education. There is not a single book of ahadith in which the two

books are not mentioned, viz., kitab al-aqdiya and kitab al-ahkam. The first one is on judicial education with

practical examples and the other is on legal education with practical examples.

In the later periods, books on Adab al-Qadi were written by the classical writers who were top class jurists of their

times. The most famous of them are those of Imam Muhammad, Imam Khassaf, and Imam Mawardi. Commentaries

have also been written on this subject by the later authors and commentators like Sadr al-Shaheed. Books on legal

opinions are also in great numbers.

The literature developed by fuqaha becomes the third important source in this regard. In recent centuries, we have

seen that the books like Fatawa Àlamgiri and Mejella Ahkam al-Àdaliyya were published for guidance of not only

the judges but for the litigants‘ own understanding of the legal questions and their probable answers. The last two

mentioned were — in modern terms –– bench books for the qadis and judges. Shah Waliyyullah Muhaddith

Dehlawi‘s Hujjatullahi‘l Baligha is also a master piece work and great contribution towards Islamic thought who not

only pointed out the social diseases but also indicated the recipe available in the Holy Qur‘an and Sunnah. Modern

writers like Justice Muhammad al-Ghazzali, in his book on Shah Waliyyullah, has written a complete chapter on

judiciary. Dr. Wahba Zuhaily‘s book Fiqh al-Islami wa Adillatuhu is the latest book in the field on Islamic legal and

judicial system. Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam is also an important book in modern times which

guides us towards Islamic culture and society.

Judicial training was also at the high priority since the advent of Islam. The famous appointments of Hadrat Ali

( ) and Mu adh bin Jabal ( ) with specific guidance on judicial conduct and art of

judging in the form of dialogue with the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) are a couple of examples of direct

judicial education to the newly appointed judges.


The codes of judicial conduct issued by Hadrat Umar bin al-Khattab ( ) to Abu Musa al-Ash ari and

the letter of Hadrat Ali ( ) to Ashtar are best examples of judicial education and are still leading

documents on the subject in Islamic Legal and Judicial system.

Designing ADR/Mediation Program for Judges: Content

Mr. Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri

Brief Introduction:

He is a lawyer by third generation practicing since 1986.0ne of the leading lawyers of Lahore, in

Civil, Family, Rent, Arbitration, Banking and Company matters. Currently Senior Partner of law

firm ‗Zafar Kalanauri & Associates‘. He has got training in Mediation, Case Management & other

ADR Mechanisms, from U.S.A. He has got Mediation Skills Training & Accreditation by CEDR

(Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) U.K, He as an Accredited Mediator from U.S.A &

CEDR U.K. He is also an Accredited Mediation Master Trainer from CEDR & in collaboration

with IFC (International Finance Corporation). He has got Training in Advocacy Training Skills

from Bar of England & Wales and Training on Human Rights & Criminal Justice Process from

College of England & Wales.

He is a courageous leader in an area of critical importance: the Lawyers Community of Pakistan, their rights and

their productive and humane integration into society. He was elected as President of Lahore Bar Association (1996

97), elected as Member Punjab Bar Council, (Session 2000 05). He is an indefatigable and effective mobilizer and

organizer of Stakeholders Reformists and Change Makers in the Pakistani Legal system.

As an Alternative Dispute Resolution Expert, for Technical Assistance Project of Strengthening of Institutional

Capacity for Judicial and Legal Reform in Pakistan, the Asian Development Bank he drafted Rules of Mediation &

Conciliation for Court Annexed ADR. He was Member ADR/Mediation Working Group ADR/Mediation Pilot

Project at Karachi for lnstitutionalizing Mediation in Pakistan of International Finance Corporation IFC (World

Bank Group) & Chief Justice of Sindh High Court. He drafted Model Rules of Business (RoBs) for ‗Musalihat

Anjuman‘ under Gender Justice Through Musalihat Anjuman Project (GJTMAP) of Government of Pakistan &

UNDP for Constitution and Mobilization of the ‗Musalihat Anjumans (Mediation at community level) in all Union

Councils in the pilot districts. He was Member Steering Committee National Law University, a project of Higher

Education Commission and Member Legal Education Commission formed by Supreme Court of Pakistan.

He has visited USA Four times on exchange programs to study the USA legal system. Especially with regard to the

implementation of different ADR Mechanisms like Case Management, Court Settlement, Early Neutral Evaluation,

Non Binding Arbitration and Mediation for quick resolution of disputes, as an alternative to adversarial system. He

is continuously involved (as leader of the core group) with the ‗Civil Justice Reform Project‘ being carried by the

ISDLS & USIS, Pakistan since 1997, which successfully ran Pilot Projects for expeditious disposal of Family cases

and Commercial Cases by use of Case Management & Mediation Techniques Represented Pakistan in a number of

Seminars, Workshops and Conferences in USA, UK, France, China, Bangladesh and Singapore.

He has is Teaching at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan College of Law, Human

Resource Development Centre( Government of Punjab),Federal Judicial Academy & PILDOT, (Government of

Pakistan) since 1997. As an independent, non profit affiliate of National Legal Education Network he is working to

improve Legal Education in Pakistan. He sen/es on committees at local, state and national levels dealing with legal

education reform. Over 70 articles written by him have been published in leading law journals and newspapers on

legal, political, human rights and social issues. He regularly takes part in Seminars, Conferences, and Talk Shows on

the aforesaid issues. A Book on ―Advocacy Training Skills" is under publication and he is also busy in writing

another book on ―ADR Mechanisms". Beyond his domestic impact, his international experience and visibility are

extensive He has studied legal systems of seven countries of the World and wrote articles on the same. He has been

Editor ―Comparative Law Journal‖ (A publication of Lahore High Court Bar Association). He drafted Punjab

Consumer Protection Act, 2005, Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 2005, model Drugs Act and Human Rights Act,


Model ADR Rules for Court Annexed ADR.2005. Model Rules of Business 2005 for Musalihat Anjuman, under the

Local Government Ordinance.

Abstract of Paper

Purpose of this Paper and Presentation is to review the reasons why Judicial Academies should consider establishing

an academic ADR/ Mediation program for judges who will be acting as Referral Judges and doing Judicial

Mediation. To develop an understanding of: what ADR/ Mediation is; what should be included in a Mediation

training program; and what should be excluded from the program. Why such a program may be beneficial to judges

and the institution and litigants; what the roles of the judges and Mediator and affected parties should be. Discuss

about the curriculum and training program on Mediation. The paper suggests the implementation strategy for

promotion of ADR/Mediation in Pakistan. It also points out the legislative imitative and judicial policy for

promotion of ADR in Pakistan. Since the Referral Judges and Mediators play an important role in Mediation. A

need was felt to prepare a uniform Training Manual applicable throughout Pakistan, which can be used by the

Trainers, Mediators, Referral judges, Litigants etc. The presenter describes that having got training in Mediation,

Case Management & other ADR Mechanisms from (U.S.A), Mediation Skills Training & Accreditation from U.S.A,

CEDR (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution) U.K., Accreditation as Mediation Master Trainer from CEDR &

IFC in collaboration with IFC (International Finance Corporation) and training by CEDR &IFC in developing

ADR Curriculum and Mediation training Program for Law & Business Schools and different professionals, as

Chairman of the Pakistan Mediators Association Curriculum & Training Manual design committee have completed

the task of developing curriculum and methodology by preparing a uniform training manual adaptable to local

situations for training of the mediators. The Committee divided the topics among its various members, who prepared

individual chapters. It was a tough job to marshal all the inputs received from the experts, taking the best of various

institutions and the views of various experts on the subject. The deliberation on the various topics to form a

crystallized manual was an onerous task. The Committee met on several days, sat from morning till evening,

discussed threadbare each topic, and after a long process of chiseling and polishing, has finally come out with a

detailed, thorough and final version of the Manual. This Manual is the product of a team work and intellectual

exercise of the experts. T h e presenter tellsthat this Training Manual will be used for training programs by Master

Trainers and it will facilitate and help guide Mediation in growing not as an alternative dispute resolution

mechanism, but as another effective mode of disputes resolution. T h e presenter shares the overview this Manual

for training and training program with great sense of satisfaction for the benefit of the Trainers, Mediators, Referral

Judges, Litigants and Common Man and all those who strive to achieve peace through Mediation. The paper

suggests a Mediation Training program consisting of 52 hours, spreading over five days to be run by the Master

Trainers at the academies.

ADR and Role of Courts: A Training Perspective

Mr. Saad Rasool

Brief Introduction:

Mr. Saad Rasool is a lawyer based in Lahore. He received his BA (Hons) degree in Economics and Business from

Lafayette College, in 2002. Graduating Summa Cum Laude, he joined Merrill Lynch in the Asset Backed Finance

Group, New York, as a Financial Analyst, and worked on numerous transactions in the Structured Finance sector. In

the year 2004, he was promoted to the position of an Associate, and in 2006, upon graduating from ML-Wharton

Business Finance Institute, he was promoted to Vice President in the Global Structured Finance & Investment

Banking Group of Merill Lynch in New York, where he worked in bond financing, mortgages, loan origination, and

real estate sectors.

In 2008, Mr. Rasool received a degree in law (LL.B. Hons.) from University of London, and later did his Masters in

Law (LL.M.), in the year 2011, from Harvard Law School, with a concentration in Constitutional Law, where he

was the Commencement Speaker for his graduating class.


His professional activities extend to a wide array of areas, including Civil, Criminal, and Constitutional Law.

Over the past some years, he has also been part of the faculty at the Lahore University of Management and Sciences

(LUMS) and the Civil Services Academy (DMG Campus) teaching, inter alia, Contract Law, Comparative

Constitutional Law, and Jurisprudence.

Mr. Rasool frequently speaks at conferences, workshops, and colloquia around the world. He writes a weekly

column, on judicial and legal issues, for The Nation, a leading English daily.

Abstract of Paper

Spurred by the desire to mitigate the cost, delay and adversarial nature of litigation, alternative dispute resolution

(ADR) developed in the early 1970s, and encompasses a range of cost-effective and efficient means to resolve

conflicts, without recourse to the formal litigation process. ADR typically includes early neutral evaluation,

negotiation, conciliation, mediation, and arbitration; some of these programs are voluntary, while others are

frequently required by the law. In certain jurisdictions, ADR techniques have been annexed to the formal litigation

process in a manner that the use of ADR is mandated as a necessary pre-condition before formal adjudication, in

select cases. In other jurisdictions, judges retain the right to refer matters to the ADR process, as a way of facilitating

fast-track resolution to disputes, while at the same time reducing the back-log of cases pending before the courts of

law. Such initiatives have, more often than not, been supplemented with enabling legislation court so as to foster a

conducive environment for initiation of extensive training programmes to help the courts become expedient at

identifying suitable cases for ADR, and related procedural matters. Although Pakistan amended its Civil Procedure

Code in July, 2002 to make room for ADR, if courts in Pakistan are to be able to deliver on the model of a multi-

door courthouse, capacity-building measures need to be instituted urgently, which not only furnish courts with the

requisite facilities, but also train the court personnel, including members of the judiciary, in all related substantive

and procedural matters.

Updated on: 24-10-2014

National Conference of Judicial Academies on

“Key Issues and Challenges in Judicial Education” Saturday, 25th October, 2014, Punjab Judicial Academy, Lahore.

Registration: 08:30-09:00 a.m.

Arrival of the Chief Guest Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Judge Lahore High Court: 09:00 a.m.

Recitation from Holy Quran and National Anthem: 09:00-09:05 a.m.

Welcome Address by the Director General: 09:05-09:15 a.m.

Experience Sharing by the Director Generals of all the Judicial Academies and Registrars of AJK High Court and Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Court: 09:15-09:45 a.m.

A Word by the Chief Guest: 09:45-to 10:00 a.m.

Participants and speakers shall assemble in their respective sessions: 10:00 a.m.

Concurrent Session-I (Room No.1)

Chairs: Hon’ble Mrs. Justice Ayesha A. Malik,

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi Co-Chair: Dr. Osama Siddique

Concurrent Session-II (Room No. 2)

Chair: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan

Co-Chair: Dr. Tariq Hassan

Concurrent Session-III (Library Hall)

Chair: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh Co-Chair: Mr. Azam Nazir Tarar, Advocate Supreme Court

Concurrent Session-IV (Auditorium) Chairs: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Shezada Mazhar, Hon’ble Mr.

Justice Shams Mehmood Mirza Co-Chair: Mr. Justice Syed Jamshed Ali Shah, Former

Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan

Curriculum & Course: Content & Design Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Teaching tools for adult learning: International best practices

Mr. William J. Brunson, Director Special Projects,

and Joseph R. Sawyer, Distance Learning,

Technology, and Faculty Development Manager,

National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada, USA.

(Through Skype)


Syed Khursheed Anwar Rizvi, DG, Punjab Judicial

Academy

Curriculum content and design Dr. Khursheed Iqbal, Dean, KP Judicial Academy

Faculty Development and Learning Innovation Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.


Mr. Justice Khalil-ur-Rehman Khan,

Former Judge Supreme Court of Pakistan

Judicial Education in Balochistan Mr. Aman Ullah Baloch, DG, Balochistan Judicial

Academy, Quetta

Installing quality examination system: Defining

performance indicators for the trainees Mr. Hayat Ali Shah, DG, KP Judicial Academy,

Peshawar

Information Technology, Research & Judicial

Academies Networking Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.


Prof. Dr. Dil Muhammad Malik, Former Dean of

Law and Principal Punjab University Law

College, Lahore

Social media and judicial education programs: Innovating Learning

Rai Muhammad Khan (PhD. Scholar), Punjab

Judicial Academy

Internet Based Judicial Education: Possibilities Mr. Imran M. Rabbani (PhD. Scholar),

Instructor IT, Punjab Judicial Academy,

Lahore.

Judicial Education in Modern Context Time: 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

Establishing and running a Mediation Center: Sharing of experience

Mr. Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqui, Former

Chief Justice of Pakistan and presently

Chairperson Karachi Center for Dispute

Resolution (KCDR), Karachi.

Design and content of Bench-books: Issues and challenges

Mr. Justice Shabbir Ahmed,

Former Judge Sindh High Court

Honorary DG, Sindh Judicial Academy

Judicial education in Islam

Mr. Justice Dr. Munir Ahmad Mughal,

Formerly Judge Lahore High Court and

Member Council of Islamic Ideology

TEA BREAK (11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.)

Concurrent Session-I Concurrent Session-II Concurrent Session-III Concurrent Session-IV

Curriculum & Course: Content & Design Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Training needs assessment: A tool to develop and improve curriculum

Dr. Faqir Hussain, DG, Federal Judicial Academy

Feedbacks and their role in improvement in curriculum, course and modules Dr. Osama Siddique,

Open House/ Panel Discussion and Formulation of Group

Recommendations

Moderator: Khalid Mahmood Bhatti, Senior Instructor Rapporteur: Aisha Rabbani, Hafiz Erfa Khursid

Faculty Development and Learning Innovation Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Training of Trainers (ToT) Programs: Importance and relevance

Dr. Geeta Oberoi, Professor, National Judicial

Academy, Bhopal, India (Through Skype)

Social context judicial education: A new perspective Mr. Muhammad Amir Munir (Ph.D Scholar),

Senior Civil Judge/ Senior Instructor, PJA

Open House/Panel Discussion and Formulation of Group

Recommendations

Moderator: Nadeem Ahmad Sohail, Senior Instructor Rapporteur: Jawad Raza Sultan, Waiza Rafique

Information Technology, Research & Judicial

Academies Networking Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Networking judicial education regime: Issues and

Challenges Syed Nasir Ali Shah, Director, PJA.

Role of IT in Judicial Education Mr. Anwaar Hussain, Assistant Advocate

General Punjab, LL.M. (McGill)

Issues Surrounding the Judiciary & Social Media Sheriff Alistair JM Duff, Director of the

Judicial Institute of Scotland


Moderator: Rai Muhammad Khan, Senior Instructor

Rapporteur: Muhammad Amer Ismail, Anna Bassett

Judicial Education in Modern Context Time: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Designing ADR/Mediation program for Judges: Content Mr. Zafar Iqbal Kalanauri, Advocate

Supreme Court

ADR and role of Courts: A training perspective Mr. Saad Rasool, LL.M. (Harvard) Advocate

High Court

Open House/Panel Discussion and Formulation of

Group Recommendations

Moderator: Khalid Khan, Senior Instructor Rapporteur: Muhammad Faizan Azhar, Zainab Sohail,

Shafaq Ijaz, Saad Bin Zaffar Sraw, Waffiullah Amir, Aftab Ahmad

Concluding Ceremony and presentation of Conference Declaration:

Chief Guest: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah, Judge Lahore High Court

Guest of Honor: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan, Judge Lahore High Court

Presentation of group recommendations by the Hon’ble Chairs of each session. 01:00 p.m. to 01:30 p.m.

Concluding Remarks and Conference Declaration by the Chief Guest 01:30 p.m. to 01:40 p.m.

Vote of Thanks by the Director General: 01:40 p.m. to 01:45 p.m.

Distribution of Certificates: 01:45 p.m. to 02:00 p.m.

Lunch and Prayer: 02:00 p.m. to 03:00 p.m.

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