ISLAMABAD: The second meeting of Board of Governors of Legal Aid and Justice Authority to appoint a subcommittee held at Ministry of Human Rights under the chairpersonship of Federal Minister for Human Rights Dr. Shireen Mazari.
According to press release issued here on Thursday, the meeting, which will draft three set of their rules of service, decided the rules i.e financial, operational and service for authority within two weeks.
It was further decided in the meeting that transfer of Women in Distress and Detention Fund for Legal Aid and Justice Authority has already been approved by the cabinet.
The transfer of the said fund should not be dependent upon the formulation of rules and the process needs to be expedited.
The Board of Governors also decided to finalise the list of the pro bono lawyers within a week and share with the authority.
The meeting was attended by Secretary Ministry of Human Rights, Secretary, Ministry of Law and Justice, Director General of Legal Aid and Justice Authority and representatives from finance ministry and federal and provincial advocate general offices.