KARACHI:Secretary Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) Dr Muhammad Rahim Awan has stressed the need for inculcating and promoting trends of research and exploration amongst the law students to achieve the cherished goal of high standards in law pedagogy.
He was speaking as the chief guest at a certificates distribution ceremony at Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto University of Law (SZABUL). Justice Helpline had organized the First National Law Students Conference and Second National Women Law Conference in Karachi in collaboration with SZABUL and the law students.
Dr Rahim suggested the law university and the law colleges of the country to hold competitions amongst the meritorious students involved in law research and award prizes to the winners. He said there was a dire need to groom and train experts in international arbitration laws as Pakistan hada zero representation in the International Bar Council.
Earlier, SZABUL VC Justice Zia Perwez while delivering presidential address said an overwhelming majority of Pakistani students hailed from lower-middle and higher-middle classes who could not afford expenditures of earning a foreign university degree.
He said a graduation degree from a UK varsity cost more than £100,000. On the other hand, the degrees earned through Distant Learning Programmes of different foreign universities were not recognized by Pakistan Bar Council.
SZABUL had entered academic partnership agreement with University of Northampton (UoN) for collaboration in higher education he added under the programme, likely to be launched by end of current year, Pakistani students would get a regular foreign degree at nominal fee of £2300.
Chairman Justice Helpline Nadeem Shaikh Advocate and SZABUL’s VC Justice Zia Perwez, Registrar Syed Sharaf Ali Shah, Director Finance Amir Bashir and Professor GN Qureshi also spoke on the occasion.