ISLAMABAD: The government has earmarked an amount of Rs 1,200
million for the Law and Justice Division under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the fiscal year 2017-18.
However, according to PSDP documents, no funds from foreign assistance have been allocat
ed for the development of Law and Justice Division.
According to the document of PSDP 2017-18, Rs 882.828
million has been allocat
ed for five ongoing projects of the division.
The five ongoing projects include construction of the Islamabad High Court (IHC), construction of the Official Residence for Federal Tax Ombudsman (FTO) at Sector F5 Islamabad, the Federal Programme under Access to Justice Programme in all over Pakistan, Public Awareness and Advocacy about Dispute Resolution Mechanism of FTO and Strengthening the Ombudsman System of Administrative Justice and Expansion of Online Complaint Management Information System (CMIS).
Until June, the exp
enditure of Federal Programme under Access to Justice Programme in all over Pakistan is Rs 4111.662
million and further Rs 300
million has been allocat
ed for the project.
Similarly, Rs 17
million is the exp
enditure of Public Awareness and Advocacy about Dispute Resolution Mechanism of FTO until this June. However, further Rs 20
million has been allocat
ed for the said project for fiscal year 2017-18. The exp
enditure until June for CMIS is Rs 7
million and Rs 30
million further has been allocat
ed for the project.
Likewise, Rs 1,638
million is exp
enditure for construction of IHC until June of this year. However, an amount of Rs 500
million further has been allocat
ed for the purpose.
Similarly, Rs 21.2
million is exp
enditure until June for construction of FTO’s residence and further Rs 32.2
million has been allocat
ed for the project.
With Rs 882.82
million allocations for ongoing projects, Rs 317.172
million has also been allocat
ed for four new schemes, which are yet to be approved from CDWP. The four new projects include construction of Office Building of FTO, construction of residences for IHC judges, registrar and staff, construction of Sessions Division East of IHC and construction of rest house for IHC judges and acquisition of land.
Rs 82.721
million has been earmark
ed for construction of judge’s rest house of IHC (Acquisition of Land) and Rs 34.451
million has been allocat
ed for construction of residence IHC judges, registrar and staff. Likewise, Rs 100
million each are allocated to construction of FTO Office and construction of session’s division east of IHC.
According to budgetary documents, estimates of the amount required in the year ending 30 June
2018 for salaries and other expenses of Supreme Court of Pakistan is Rs 1.81 billion.
Out of these Rs 1.81 billion, Rs 381.839
million is requir
ed for pays of the officers and other staff, while Rs 456.770
million requir
ed for employees’ retirements benefits. Likewise, according to the documents, estimates of the amount required in the year ending 30 June
2018 for salaries and other expenses of the IHC is Rs 486.601
million. Correspondingly, estimates of the amount required in the year ending June 30,
2018 for salaries and other expenses of the Federal Judicial Academy is Rs 133.920
million.
Respectively, an estimate of the amount of at least Rs 119.348
million is required in the year ending June of
2018 for the office of Attorney General for Pakistan excluding the offices of deputy attorney generals, additional attorney generals and standing
counsels.