AIRLINK 62.48 Increased By ▲ 2.05 (3.39%)
BOP 5.36 Increased By ▲ 0.01 (0.19%)
CNERGY 4.58 Decreased By ▼ -0.02 (-0.43%)
DFML 15.50 Increased By ▲ 0.66 (4.45%)
DGKC 66.40 Increased By ▲ 1.60 (2.47%)
FCCL 17.59 Increased By ▲ 0.73 (4.33%)
FFBL 27.70 Increased By ▲ 2.95 (11.92%)
FFL 9.27 Increased By ▲ 0.21 (2.32%)
GGL 10.06 Increased By ▲ 0.10 (1%)
HBL 105.70 Increased By ▲ 1.49 (1.43%)
HUBC 122.30 Increased By ▲ 4.78 (4.07%)
HUMNL 6.60 Increased By ▲ 0.06 (0.92%)
KEL 4.50 Decreased By ▼ -0.05 (-1.1%)
KOSM 4.48 Decreased By ▼ -0.09 (-1.97%)
MLCF 36.20 Increased By ▲ 0.79 (2.23%)
OGDC 122.92 Increased By ▲ 0.53 (0.43%)
PAEL 23.00 Increased By ▲ 1.09 (4.97%)
PIAA 29.34 Increased By ▲ 2.05 (7.51%)
PIBTL 5.80 Decreased By ▼ -0.14 (-2.36%)
PPL 107.50 Increased By ▲ 0.13 (0.12%)
PRL 27.25 Increased By ▲ 0.74 (2.79%)
PTC 18.07 Increased By ▲ 1.97 (12.24%)
SEARL 53.00 Decreased By ▼ -0.63 (-1.17%)
SNGP 63.21 Increased By ▲ 2.01 (3.28%)
SSGC 10.80 Increased By ▲ 0.05 (0.47%)
TELE 9.20 Increased By ▲ 0.71 (8.36%)
TPLP 11.44 Increased By ▲ 0.86 (8.13%)
TRG 70.86 Increased By ▲ 0.95 (1.36%)
UNITY 23.62 Increased By ▲ 0.11 (0.47%)
WTL 1.28 No Change ▼ 0.00 (0%)
BR100 6,944 Increased By 65.8 (0.96%)
BR30 22,827 Increased By 258.6 (1.15%)
KSE100 67,142 Increased By 594.3 (0.89%)
KSE30 22,090 Increased By 175.1 (0.8%)

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law and Justice Barrister Dr Farogh Naseem on Wednesday said Pakistan needed to amend its existing laws and political parties need to join hands in legislation.

Addressing a seminar on “Lawfare Doctrine for Pakistan” organised by Centre for Law and Security (CLAS), Dr Farogh said justice must be ensured for everyone in the country.

He said there are some amendments needed for the national defence and also the international agreements need some changes.

He said there are countries where lawfare is used as a weapon of war but Pakistan would not use any lawfare for aggressive purposes, while adding that the concept of lawfare was as old as human history. The use of law to achieve goals is called lawfare, he elaborated.

He further added that lawfare theory had been in use since World War II.

He said the Americans changed their approach regarding lawfare as they decided to establish a New World Order after World War II.

“Labour laws are good, but sometimes they are painful to implement,” he said.

The federal minister said Pakistan was a peace loving country and it would not be part of the war of others.

“We have to point out our shortcomings for national defence and we have to take international media, including local media on board and we have to empower the Foreign Office too,” he added.

The minister said the opposition did not allow the government to legislate in the case of Indian spy Kulbhushan Yadav.

Parliamentarians should understand the red line, they had to understand that there was a conspiracy against the country and the opposition was politicising sensitive issues, he further added.

He said the ministries of Defence, Law, Interior, Foreign Affairs, Parliament, Attorney General’s Office and the society must all work together, adding that the judiciary, media, and the people must understand the conspiracies against the country.

“In Rekodiq, we agreed with Australia that there would be no arbitration on the refusal of any party. There was no need for this condition. It was not reviewed when we entered into the Broadsheet Agreement as lack of legislation in the Broadsheet and Rekodiq case hurt Pakistan,” Naseem said.

Copyright Business Recorder, 2021

Comments

Comments are closed.