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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Babar Awan on Friday announced that Islamabad would get soon its own Provincial Assembly.
While addressing a ceremony for allotment of land for lawyers' chambers he said that the status of Islamabad is like a small province, therefore, administratively the capital city cannot be shadowed by any of the province.
He said that residents of Islamabad will have their own provincial assembly and system of self-governance.
The minister however did not comment on modalities regarding the establishment of Islamabad Provincial Assembly.
Babar said that legislation for the establishment of Islamabad Bar Council is in process and very soon there will be a separate Bar Council for Islamabad-based lawyers.
He also assured of the residents of Islamabad for their own independent judiciary.
"I had fulfilled my promise for reestablishment IHC and now it is functional," Awan said, adding “I also directed CDA to make a PC-1 for constructing a modern building for lawyers' chambers and a hospital like Poly Clinic design," he added.
Awan said that he had inaugurated a modern judicial complex and it will also be completed within given time frame. The complex would provide swift justice to the residents of Islamabad at their threshold, he added.
While commenting on the reconciliation and strengthening the democracy in the country, he said that the government will take on board all those political parties who stayed away from the general elections 2008.
He said that on Thursday he had a three-hour meeting with the president and during the meeting it was principally decided that in the Grand National reconciliation besides all the parliamentary parties, those parties who did not contest in the general election of 2008 would also be invited to participate.
