In order to make justice delivery more transparent and citizen-centric, the Chief Justice of Pakistan chaired a high-level policy meeting Tuesday to steer progress on the automation and digitization of courts across Pakistan.
The Chief Justice emphasized that the digital transformation of the justice sector – from District Courts to the Supreme Court – is a citizen-centric reform aimed at ensuring accessibility, transparency, and efficiency. While the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) will steer this reform initiative, all the stakeholders will be taken on board in order to make it inclusive and sustainable.
Briefing the participants, the Secretary, Ministry of IT & Telecommunication, reaffirmed the Government’s commitment to supporting justice-sector digitization, while the Chairman, Pakistan Digital Authority, outlined protocols for data governance and cybersecurity. It was informed that the Federal Government has prioritized nine sectors, including Law and Justice, in its National Digital Masterplan, with the objective to digitize and re-imagine the existing processes, ensuring improved service delivery.
To ensure system design aligns with judicial needs and is response, the Chief Justice desired the Federal Judicial Academy to conduct series of Focus Group Discussions, bringing together experts from Pakistan Digital Authority and justice sector stakeholders for structured engagement. Following these consultations, the Ministry of IT will finalize a checklist, documenting baseline requirements, including infrastructure readiness and connectivity standards.
Reaffirming the judiciary’s modernization agenda, the Chief Justice noted that by August 2026, all courts across Pakistan will be solar-powered and equipped with e-libraries, women facilitation centers, and clean drinking water facilities. He underscored that the next major milestone is the establishment of a fully integrated E-Court ecosystem, linking all tiers of the judiciary through secure digital platforms.
The session was attended by Justice Mohammad Ali Mazhar, Chairman, National Judicial Automation Committee, Haroon Rasheed, President, Supreme Court Bar Association, Syed Ali Zafar, Senior Advocate Supreme Court, in the capacity of representative of SCBA, Zarrar Hasham Khan, Secretary, Ministry of IT & Telecommunication, Dr. Sohail Munir, Chairman, Pakistan Digital Authority, Sohail Laghari, Registrar, Supreme Court, Fakhar Zaman, Director General (Reforms), Syeda Tanzeela Sabahat, Secretary, Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan and senior officers from the Supreme Court and the Ministry of IT & Telecommunication.