PM Gilani talking to President of International Crisis Group Louise Arbour.—Online (File Photo)

Islamabad/Brussels: In a report about “Reforming Pakistan’s Criminal Justice System,” the International Crisis Group urged the government of Pakistan to take immediate actions to reform the criminal justice system of the country.

The report also stressed against taking Suo moto notices by the High Courts, and said that the act should only be taken in the cases of severe human rights violations.

The report also emphasised on legally distributing power among different sectors of the government.

The ICG report mentioned that the war against terrorism is not in civilian control due to weak investigations and poorly trained prosecutors. The report asked Europe and US to help civilian institutions of Pakistan for making the criminal justice system of the country stronger.

The report also asked the international community to warn Pakistan army upon illegal detention and arbitrary killings in the name of war against terrorism.

ICG said that due to overall weakness of the system, the release of a terrorist is not a big deal in Pakistan, where powerful criminals are operating from inside the Jails. ICG also requested the international community to raise funds for strengthening the criminal justice system of the troubled country.

The report urged the government to eliminate discriminatory laws on religion, creed, gender and religious factions.  – DawnNews