JUDICIAL REFORMS IN PAKISTAN THROUGH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PAKISTAN PEOPLES PARTY (PPP) GOVERNMENT (2008-2013)
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Judicial reforms from time to time are essential for an effective justice system and judicial independence. In Pakistan, the PPP government during 2008-2013 brought about revolutionary reforms in the judiciary through constitutional amendments.This paper aimed to highlight these judicial reforms in the light of constitutional amendments during the 4th regime of PPP which were also promised in the historic Charter of Democracy (CoD) sign in 2006. The paper also analysed the judicial reforms introduced by 18th and 19th amendments and its effects on judicial independence. In this paper, historical and analytical approaches with mostly secondary sources of data for the results finding have been used. The paper is also a source of guide for the students of law, political science, Pakistan Studies, policy-makers, readers and researchers who are interested in the judicial history of Pakistan and also eager to conduct research on the judicial reforms in Pakistan.
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