HYDERABAD, Feb 20 Sindh University Vice Chancellor Mazharul Haq Siddiqui inaugurated the newly introduced five-year LLB degree programme under the Institute of Law on Friday.

The vice-chancellor said that education of law was important because without laws, human rights of an individual could not be protected. He said that education and justice were foundations of society and added that without education and justice, sustainable development in society could not be expected.

He said that by opening the institute the university had made an effort to provide quality education in law to youth. He said that all possible facilities would be provided to students of law and expressed the hope that the students after completing their education would serve the society.

The quality of teaching depended on the quality of faculty, Mr Siddiqui said and expressed the hope that faculty members of the institute would perform their duty with devotion and dedication.

He said that he would request honourable judges to visit the institute and deliver lectures.

Director, Institute of Law, Professor Mohammad Yousuf Leghari, gave the details of subjects and faculty members.

He said that the University of Sindh was the first university of the country which had introduced five-year LLB degree programme. He said that competent lawyers would serve the institute as visiting faculty.

Professor Leghari, who is also the advocate-general of Sindh, announced that regular classes would begin from Feb 23 at the university`s Metharam Hostel in Hyderabad.

Dean, Faculty of Law, Professor Ahmed Ali Shaikh, said that five-year LLB degree programme was launched in the universities of Europe in 1996. He expressed the hope that through the programme, competent lawyers would be produced.