Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday said that the government gives priority to the independence of judiciary and the rule of law in the country as per the manifesto of Pakistan People's Party. He was talking to Minister for Law, Justice, Human Rights and Parliamentary Affairs Farooq H Naek who called on him here at the PM House in the evening.
The Prime Minister directed the Ministry of Law to immediately start working on important national issues like provincial autonomy, accountability, jails and police reforms. He said that while formulating police reforms special attention should be paid to the welfare of constables and other low-paid staff.
The Prime Minister said that in this regard the report of the National Commission for Government Reforms should also be consulted and all stakeholders be taken along including all the provinces and the civil society organisations. The Prime Minister said that jails should act as correction facilities, and directed that in future the jails should be called Reformatory Centres, instead of Prisons or Jails. Naek briefed the Prime Minister about various steps the Ministry was taking for ensuring independence of judiciary in the country.
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