The research center of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy set up with the support of the United Nations Development Program(UNDP) was inaugurated jointly by the Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Mr. Justice Dost Muhammad Khan and UNDP Country Director Marc Andre Franche on Wednesday, March 6.
Swiss Development Corporation Country Director Andreas Huber, Saadat Ali of the Netherland's embassy, Judges of the Peshawar High Court Mr.Justice Mian Fasehul Mulk, Justice Ms Irshad Qaisar, Registrar PHC Subhan Sher, Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy(KPJA) Peshawar Hayat Ali Shah, Senior Director Research and Publication KPJA Muhammad Aamir Nazir, Director Admin KPJA Saleem Khan and others were also present at the inauguration ceremony.
During his address at the inauguration ceremony, Chief Justice PHC, Mr. Justice Dost Muhammad Khan said that our main goal is to firmly establish the Rule of Law in this part of the globe as once that objective is achieved, it will help in elimination of evils from the society. He said the judiciary was able to establish rule of law, the society would become highly civilized and nobody would be able to disturb peace, there would be equal distribution of natural resources and frustration of the members of society, especially the downtrodden ones, would be drastically reduced.
Justice Dost Muhammad Khan said the research wing of KP Judicial Academy was a new milestone in short history of Judicial Academy. He said that it would conduct all sorts of researches, from analytical to critical, from historical to contemporary and from national to international. He said that such researches would make impact on other areas of public policy and soon this research centre would turn into knowledge providing centre on national level. Chief Justice said that the establishment of the research wing in a short time is an outcome of his team's untiring efforts.
The Chief Justice Dost Muhammad Khan announced that a FM Radio Station (Radio Meezan) of the judicial academy would soon go on air as they already received approval from relevant quarters. He said that the objective of the radio stations launch was that instead of confining training courses importing legal education in four walls of the academy it should travel to parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and subsequently to FATA so that in the minimum possible time, they were able sensitize masses about their basic rights.
UNDP Country Director Marc Andre Franche said during his address that the KP Judicial Academy had taken an immensely important step by establishing the research wing. He said that research enables us to make inform decisions, and inform decisions are the ones which institution need the most for making progress. Mr. Franche said promoting the rule of law at national and international levels is at the heart of the United Nation's mission. He added that he was sure that the research wing of the KP Judicial Academy would add value in the rule of law sector and would help them develop a knowledgebase which would form the foundations of national peace and progress.
Earlier, Director General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy Hayat Ali Shah and Dean faculty Dr,Khursheed Iqbal also apprised the audience of the need for the Judicial Academy's creation, courses imparted there and its future program.