National Judicial Policy-Making Committee

Provincial chief ministers in Pakistan reaffirmed commitments to prison reforms during a Supreme Court-hosted conference, emphasizing reduced incarceration, improved infrastructure, and human dignity. The National Judicial Policy-Making Committee facilitated the event, resulting in the Islamabad Declaration on Prison Reforms, which underscores shared institutional responsibility and provincial leadership in overhauling the justice system.

Lawyers from Islamabad demanded that future appointments to the Islamabad High Court (IHC) be made from local lawyers, citing concerns over corruption in the district judiciary. They called for judicial reforms, accountability mechanisms, and transfers of district judges to other provinces, while opposing recent judicial commission decisions on appointments.