Offici­al statem­ent says role of law minist­ry is often downpl­ayed 'but it has huge respon­sibili­ty'ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of of Law and Justice has “efficiently” disposed of 99 per cent cases during the last 20 months out of almost 60,600 cases received, the spokesperson said in a statement on Thursday. In addition to that, the official communique said the solicitor wing of the deals with nominations of law officer, legal advisers and special prosecutors. “The Solicitor Wing of the Ministry received 24,753 cases since August 2018 and disposed of all the cases timely.”Moreover, the statement also stated that the Drafting and Legislation Wing of the law ministry disposed of 8,134 cases in the aforementioned period. “The law ministry has vetted numerous draft agreements, contracts, treaties, conventions, MoUs and protocols etc from legal point of view. The Contract Wing of the Ministry received 2,145 cases since August, 2018 and all have been disposed of timely and competently.”The external wing of the ministry disposed of 12,022 cases, the research and opinion wing disposed of 1,306 cases and administration wing received 10,507 cases out of which 10,506 have been disposed of, according to the statement.

Source: The Express Tribune April 30, 2020 13:52 UTC