KPK Govt, UNDP and UN WOMEN host first PSC meeting of EU funded ‘Deliver Justice Project’ in Peshawar

PESHAWAR, February 3: The EU funded ‘Deliver Justice Project’ has been able to make remarkable achievements in the Rule of Law space in the past year, despite multiple COVID-related challenges. Programme accomplishments were acknowledged in the first Provincial Steering Committee (PSC) meeting of the joint UN programme being implemented in KP and Balochistan, held at the Planning and Development Department (P&DD) in Peshawar today.
The ‘Deliver Justice Project’ aims to support reform processes to ensure delivery of people-centered justice, enhance access to justice for all, particularly women and marginalized groups; and improve service delivery of the security sector in line with constitutional safeguards and international standards. The project, supported by the EU,is jointly implemented byUnited Nations Development Programme (UNDP), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC),
Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Khyber PakhtunkhwaMr. Shahab Ali Shah chaired the meeting and thanked the European Union for its continued support for strengthening the rule of law and build capacity of relevant institutions. At this occasion Additional Chief Secretary Mr. Shah said, “I am also thankful to the UNDP and UN Women for their efforts during the past year and look forward to another year of sustainable efforts on ground that impact the lives of the common person in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.”-PR