He expressed these views in the inaugural ceremony of six-day colloquium on "Modern Investigation and Evidence Gathering Techniques in a Changing Criminal Justice and Counter Terrorism World" being held in the Federal Judicial Academy (FJA), Islamabad, in collaboration with the British High Commission, Islamabad, on Monday.
"Changes in the criminal jurisprudence were essential to convict the accused expeditiously and uphold the rule of law in the country. When I was the Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court, the KPK province, previously called the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) where hundreds of thousands of terrorism acts have taken place and claimed several thousands of lives so far, keeping in view the difficult situation there and also on the basis of my twenty five years experience as lawyer who had practised in the criminal field before elevation to the bench as Judge, I had suggested certain amendments in the criminal law", he maintained.
About the importance of the colloquium, he said, "This six days colloquium was relevant to enrich the knowledge and sharpen the skills about the modern investigation and evidence gathering techniques in a changing criminal justice of counter terrorism world of our judges in the field dealing with such cases. I think that it would have been far better if there was participation of investigating agencies in this workshop who deal with the practical side of the issue. I hope that the Academy would also arrange such a workshop for the law enforcement agencies personnel and judges together also in the future." Hashim Abro, spokesman of the Academy said that 20 District judiciary judges including District and Sessions Judges and Anti-terrorism Court Judges from all over Pakistan were attending this six-day colloquium in the Academy.