Justice Ashraf Jahan, Judge, Federal Shariat Court, said that a key role of the Family Court judges is to save our nation's families from break-up and that is both sensitive and onerous responsibility.
She expressed these views in the unique joint certificate awarding ceremony at the conclusion of two different training courses namely a one-week course on "Management of Family Cases for Female Judges of the Family Courts from all over Pakistan, Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan and another two-week course titled "Capacity Building Training for FJA Staff of the Academy," held at the Academy on Saturday.
She said, "A proper pre-trial guidance and counselling of the estranged couples can save a noble institution of family from break-up. Because of the complex, multidimensional nature of family cases, Family Court judges must possess additional knowledge, skills, and qualities not required by their colleagues who handle other case types. I personally believe that a Family Court judge must have a deep understating of law but also a profound understanding of innate wisdom, psychology, sociology to save families in society."
Advising the Family Court judges she said, "Your passion will always lead you to your purpose. You always get what you focus on. Discourage delaying tactics used by the parties in family related cases. Always keep in your mind that there is a great reward for those judges who give the right and judicious decisions and similarly there is a severe punishment for those who give wrong and unjust decisions."
Appreciating the capacity building training for the staff of the Academy she said, "One small step at a time consistently creates monumental results. Training always gives something to learn or atleast puts trainees on the way to learn more and more for self-improvement. I wish that such like trainings should be a regular feature for the officers and staff members of the Academy to enhance their efficiency." In the end, the first female Judge of the Federal Shariat Court awarded certificates to 26 female judges of Family Courts and 20 officers and other members of the Federal Judicial Academy in the ceremony.-PR