Letter To The Editor: Pakistan's Judicial Reforms

Pakistan's Judicial Reforms
Pakistan Observer
27-05-2013

To increase efficiency of lower courts , it is necessary to change the existing style of dispensing justice. Though, Supreme and High Courts are speedily working yet reforms are needed to be brought at lower level of judiciary. Some reformative suggestions are placed before concerned authorities to improve district judicial administrative system.

A law should be legislated that binds judges not to adjourn a case for more than 7 days,provided police has submitted all the facts and figures timely.
1. Coordination gap between police and judiciary should be bridged.
2. A committee should be formed by CJ province which hears complaints of the litigators and review cases and other issues pertaining to law.
3. Free legal adviser should be provided to deserving and poor people.
4. E-justice: all cases should be computerized and maximum 15 days to be set to dispose of a case (final verdict should be given as early as possible). This will lessen down cases backlog.
5. Administration of court should be made efficient and effective for speedy judicial system, by deputing right man on the right job.
6. Postings, transfers and other related issues of judges should be dealt by superior judiciary instead of law ministry.
7. Few provisions of law should be a part of the middle class syllabus for prevention of crime and augmentation of awareness on judicial or legal matters.
 9. Bar council should be more effective and efficient.Honest,loyal and efficient lawyers should head the bar. 10. Judicial investigation wing to be set up to verify the fabricated charges.
11. Salaries of judges should be increased to discourage malpractice.
12. Sms service can be used for coordination, dissemination of case information and hearing dates.

This will save time of court and plaintiffs.
13. Vacancy for Judicial Ombudsman should be created and all issues pertaining to administration of courts should be dealt by Ombudsman. He must be appointed by Chief Justice of Supreme Court and prior to consideration his/her credibility should be a matter of serious concern.
14. Outdated laws of evidence should be replaced with new laws.
15. Prime motive of judiciary should be to promote rule of law in the country and for this equal justice dispensation is necessary.
16. Since Judicial activism has gained momentum in the country , lawyer’s undue movements have created a troublesome situation. However,they must be prevented from acting violently and restlessly.

WAQAR ABRO
—Karachi

Letter To The Editor: Facebook Folly

Facebook Folly
Pakistan Observer
24-05-13

Since the political system of Pakistan has turned out to be pluralistic in nature and democratic in practice, workers of different political parties have started their political campaigns through Facebook and various other social websites. Almost all political parties have their separate political pages to promote their political views by the use of modern means of communication. But to be honest enough, they are living in the fool’s paradise. Strengthening democracy by following the Arab spring revolution will never bring change in our country. To change the status quo political thinking, we need to adopt some practical measures. Handling political problems through Facebook and other social sites do not last far researching repercussions because half of the population is either illiterate or living in remote areas.

This is what happened with many political parties which had been claiming to be emerging political power of the whole country. Most of the users of Facebook are either game players or philanderers. They do not reflect the grave political agendas being promoted by all political parties. They only breathe their anger by posting flooded comments on different political pages. Hence, by chanting the slogans of changing the existing political system through Facebook, is seemingly expecting full marks without studying a single day.

WAQAR ABRO
Karachi

Letter To The Editor : Political Fine-Tuning

Political Fine-Tuning 

The Frontier Post

23-05-13

During the season of election campaign, it was appearing from the behaviour of our politicians that they had turned out to be angels of Pakistan. To gain a margin of votes, they started unveiling their real faces through different political paid contents. They went on to the extent that they started using indecent language against each other in different media channels. Since the season of election is over, they have started chanting the same notion of consensus policy which had started circulating after the 2008 elections. In the name of consensus policy, most of the resources and jobs are distributed among coalition partners. Yes, there is no harm to form a coalition based government but what is detrimental, is, properly addressing the nation's agenda. Forgetting nation just for the sake of smooth sailing of government is quite old and revealed tactic. History clearly speaks of the performance delivered by our democratic government. It is time to deliver not to share the resources. People of Pakistan are intellectually liberated and emerging PTI support speaks volume in this regard. Everyone is tired of old faces now. Even though, a deaf and dumb person said to me through actions that he wanted change in politics because soaring poverty and rocketing prices of local commodities have marred the life of an ordinary citizen. Hence, the slogan chanted by Nawaz Sharif that all parties would be welcome if they work with him on national agenda, is a positive omen. I welcome this political fine-tuning that all stake holders should sit together to resolve the country's myriad of problems.
Waqar Abro
Karachi

 

Letter To The Editor : Ambiguous future of Pakistan

Ambiguous future of Pakistan
The Frontier Post
21-05-2013

After critically analyzing manifestos of different political parties, it can be generally perceived that whosoever comes into power after elections, will not be able to make Naya( New) Pakistan.
All the parties contesting general elections, sing the songs of progress and prosperity without understanding and identifying the ground realities. Pakistan is endowed with a myriad of problems. It demands some stern measures for addressing the biggest menaces like corruption and energy crisis. Prior to completion of already vowed promises, one party has gone to such extent that it will launch bullet train within short possible time.
The thing worries me the most is that why do not we strengthen our basic foundation? Why our leaders always try to experiment new things after coming into power? Is it justified that there is no jobs, no meals and no shelter for poor but still our leaders are spend thrift on such projects which do not make any sense in reference of a new Pakistan?. Building roads and launching bullet trains will never bring any change in our country. It is the education which is the first brick of a well groomed society. Actually, education brings revolutionary and evolutionary changes in human nature. If one reflects what he reads, I bet he will be a perfect and complete human. But, the most unfortunate thing is that such kind of practice is hardly witnessed in our country. Hence, prior to bringing reforms in the country the ambitious political parties must bring reforms within their political structure and try to adopt western welfare oriented norms rather than adhering to same classical style of politics.

Waqar Abro
Karachi

Letter To The Editor: Ambiguous future

Ambiguous future
Pakistan Observer
16-05-2013

After critically analyzing manifestos of different political parties, it can be generally perceived that whosoever comes into power after elections, will not be able to make Naya (New) Pakistan. All the parties contesting general elections, sing the songs of progress and prosperity without understanding and identifying the ground realities. Pakistan is endowed with a myriad of problems. It demands some stern measures for addressing the biggest menaces like corruption and energy crisis. Prior to completion of already vowed promises, one party has gone to such extent that it will launch bullet train within short possible time.

The thing worries me the most is that why do we not strengthen our basic foundation? Why our leaders always try to experiment new things after coming into power? Is it justified that there is no jobs, no meals and no shelter for poor but still our leaders spend a lot on such projects which do not make any sense of a new Pakistan? Building roads and launching bullet trains will never bring any change in our country.

It is the education, which is the first brick of a well-groomed society. Actually, education brings revolutionary and evolutionary changes in human nature. If one reflects what he reads, I bet he will be a perfect and complete human. But, the most unfortunate thing is that such kind of practice is hardly witnessed in our country. Hence, prior to bringing reforms in the country the ambitious political parties must bring reforms within their political structure and try to adopt western welfare oriented norms rather than adhering to same classical style of politics.

WAQAR ABRO
—Karachi

Letter To The Editor: Don’t steal words

Don’t steal words
Pakistan Observer
10-05-2013

This is reply to the letter published on 29th of April 2013 in this newspaper that the writer Faiza Azam plagiarized my content and sent it to the editor for publication with a new title. As everyone knows, editors do not have enough time to verify the content yet being an educated person it was sacred duty of Faiza Azam to avoid copying my word to word passages for the sake of publication. It goes without saying that the same content had been published with the title ‘Cast your vote campaign” dated 23rd of April in this newspaper.

I request to all educated people who used to plagiarize material from internet and from other sources that they should avoid themselves from such creepy and dishonest practices. Under the copy rights law plagiarizers can be held accountable but there is nothing good to drag someone to courts for her slight mistakes. It is therefore, the writer Faiza Azam is humbly requested to write a letter seeking open apology from the genuine author and from this prestigious newspaper editor for dodging them for nothing.

—Karachi
WAQAR ABRO

Letter To The Editor: Suggestions For EC

Suggestions For EC
Pakistan Observer
06-05-2013

There is hue and cry through out the country that the upcoming general elections are supposed to be turning point of Pakistan history. It is true that every Pakistani demands for change now. But can the change the educated society expects really come if our people from far flung areas would not cast their vote due to some reasons? For voting awareness some constructive and achievable measures should be later by Election commission for increasing voter ratio in the coming elections.

There should be election commission social media campaign for increasing the of a votes. Election commission should direct care-taker government to regularly publish its advertisements in various newspapers. All media men aiming to bring change in the country should be directed to play a role in their own capacity.

Artists and singers of various local languages can also spread the message of voting rights through their melodies at mass level. There should be coordination between EC and NGO’s working on election awareness projects for increasing the voter ratio.

Voting know-how in rural areas is worse than No-Go areas. However Election commission should pay more attention to rural areas than urban areas. Khatibs in their respective areas can also spread the importance of a vote through Friday Sermons. There should also be a room for prisoners and disable people to cast their vote by using modern means of communication. There are millions of people in Pakistan who do not live in their respective constituency. However, they should also be given a chance to vote for their registered voting constituency from any part of the country.
WAQAR ABRO
—Karachi

Letter To The Editor: Suggestions for Election Commission

Suggestions for Election Commission
The Frontier Post
02-05-2013

There is hue and cry through out the country that the upcoming general elections are supposed to be turning point of Pakistan history. It is truth that every Pakistani demands for change now. But, the change the educated society expects can really come if our people from far flung areas would not cast their vote due to some reasons? For voting awareness i lay down some constructive and achievable measures before Election commission for increasing voter ratio in the coming elections.
There should be election commission social media campaign for increasing the importance of a vote Election commission should direct care-taker government to regularly publish its advertisements in various newspapers.
All media men aiming to bring change in the country should be directed to play a role in their own capacity.
Artists and singers of various local languages can also spread the message of voting rights through their melodies at mass level.
There should be coordination between EC and Ngo's working on election awareness projects for increasing the voter ratio.
Voting know-how in rural areas is worst than No-Go areas. However Election commission should pay more attention to rural areas than urban areas.
Mullahs in their respective areas can also spread the importance of a vote through Friday Sermons.
There should also be a room for prisoners and disable people to cast their vote by using modern means of communication.
There are millions of people in Pakistan who do not live in their respective constituency. However, they should also be given a chance to vote for their registered voting constituency from any part of the country.
This country has given has us many things. However, we must individually play our role to augment the voter ratio in upcoming general elections. T.V Artists, sports men and women, writers, columnists, media men, bloggers, civil servants, men and women in uniform, and others should also play their role.

Waqar Abro