QUETTA: Meer Ziaullah Langove, Provincial Minister Home & Tribal Affairs, Government of Balochistan, reaffirmed Government of Balochistan’s support to the criminal justice chain of institutions for making the roadmap approach a success. He was chairing the steering committee meeting held on Tuesday in Quetta.
He urged the institutions of Criminal Justice System to work in a collaborative space through regular coordination and information sharing.
While speaking at the occasion the Mr. Hafiz Abdul Basit, Additional Chief Secretary, Home & Tribal Affairs department said that province of Balochistan made head way in gearing up for delivery on the rule of law roadmap. The progress was commended in the third stock take of the Steering Committee. On the behalf of Government of Balochistan he expressed a source of relief with the milestones achieved by the key stake holders on the action plan.
It has been a journey of transformation led by the Government of Balochistan with the technical support of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in taking forward the work on development and delivery of the roadmap approach for strengthening the criminal justice system in the province. The efforts would go a long way in offering access to justice, peace and security to the citizens in the fragile and conflict-sensitive region of Balochistan, opening up avenues of meaningful reform for strengthening the delivery of rule of law.
A regular stock take approach adopted by the steering committee in Balochistan has set a precedent in advancing the rule of law agenda in the province. Mr. Tariq Khosa, Senior Strategic Consultant Rule of Law emphasized that UNODC’s support to the Roadmap recognizes the value of promoting a uniform, systematic and a whole-of-government approach towards strengthening the rule of law not justin Balochistan but also in Sindh.
The Steering Committee was briefed on the coordination mechanisms and processes between the Delivery Unit (DU) and Technical Working Group (TWGs). Both the DU and TWGs will work in tandem as key pillars of the roadmap’s action plan in establishing the building blocks of baseline and data collection. The participants agreed on the significance of the activity as a stepping-stone towards enhancing the reform process of the criminal justice systems in delivering on their action plans.
Mr. Waqas Shah, Officer Incharge of the UNODC’s Criminal Justice and Legal Reforms Sub-Programme-II reaffirmed UNODC’s commitment to supporting the next steps of evidence-driven performance monitoring, which is one of the transformative features of the roadmap that will set the course towards delivery of accountable and efficient justice for all.