ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The Supreme Court while ruing the falling standards of education due to commercialisation of law colleges has asked a group of experts to look into the matter.

A three-member bench comprising Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Justice Nasir-ul-Mulk and Justice Jamshed Ali constituted a seven-member committee to evaluate the standard of legal education in the country on a petition filed by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC).

The PCB, in its petition, sought a declaration from the Court that the federal government, the Higher Education Commission (HEC), all provincial governments and universities should adopt and implement the "Affiliation of College Rules" framed by a committee of the Council.

The Council also sought to restrain further issuance of charter or no objection certificate (NOC) to any institution, college or individual to establish Law College in Pakistan without compliance of the affiliation of the prescribed rules.

Led by Justice (retd) Nasir Aslam Zahid, the committee will examine the existing courses of law prescribed by universities, improve and update the syllabus and submit its report to the Pakistan Law Commission within six months for consideration.

Other members of the committee comprise Vice Chairman of the PBC as ex-officio, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, former Vice Chancellor Peshawar University and Principal Khyber Medical College, Humayun Ehsan.