Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr. Justice Yahya Afridi, underscored the judiciary’s commitment to building a justice system that is simple, efficient, and citizen-focused, as he addressed a national consultative workshop on Pakistan’s E-Court Reform Agenda. The workshop brought together senior members of the judiciary, Registrars of all High Courts, the Supreme Court’s IT Wing, and officials from the Pakistan Digital Authority (PDA) to shape a unified national direction for digital justice.
Organised and facilitated by the Pakistan Digital Authority, the workshop served as a strategic platform to align federal and provincial judicial institutions around a modern digital operating model for courts across the country.
Dr. Sohail Munir, Founding Chairperson of PDA, outlined the Authority’s mandate and its role in enabling Pakistan’s broader digital transformation. He highlighted that PDA was established to advance the nation’s vision of a Digital Pakistan-encompassing digital society, digital economy, and digital governance. He further announced the launch of the Judicial Innovation Lab, describing it as the digital innovation engine that will support transformative reforms across the justice sector.
The Supreme Court’s IT Wing presented the National E-Court Reforms Agenda, providing an assessment of current systems, digitization needs, and the structural challenges facing the judicial technology landscape. Registrars from all High Courts shared detailed overviews of their IT infrastructure, CMS deployments, district court connectivity, and the gaps that require harmonisation under a national framework. These inputs collectively established a clear picture of digital readiness across the judicial ecosystem.
Mohammad Jameel Sear, Founding Member of PDA, emphasised the shift toward a re-imagined approach to digital governance. He noted that the digital economy is expanding at 2.5 times the pace of the conventional economy, projecting that by 2030 nearly one-third of global economic activity will be digital-reinforcing the urgency of modernising core justice institutions.
Through structured working sessions designed by PDA, participants engaged in collaborative problem-solving to translate systemic challenges into actionable reform priorities. The session focused on citizen-journey redesign, future-state court processes, and the principles required for a unified national digital justice architecture.
The workshop reinforced the collective resolve of Pakistan’s judicial institutions to accelerate transparent, accessible, and technology-enabled justice. PDA will continue to work closely with the Supreme Court, High Courts, and all relevant stakeholders to drive the implementation of the National E-Court Reforms Agenda and advance Pakistan’s transition toward a digitally empowered justice system.