The first annual seminar of the Pakistan Environmental Law Association (PELA) on Green Justice through Public Interest Litigation would be held at Punjab University on March 14.
The seminar is co-sponsored by IUCN-Pakistan, WWF Pakistan and LEAD Pakistan. The highlights of the seminar include the conferring of the PELA Lifetime Achievement Award on former Justice Saleem Akhtar who has so well served environmental protection and sustainable development including through his monumental judgement in Shehla Zia versus Wapda delivered by him ten years ago.
This judicial activism has spawned environmental initiatives all over the country. M C Metha, a distinguished guest from India, will present keynote address about this pioneering role in public interest litigation in India.