LJCP and PPAF sign MoU for reducing legal exclusion of poorest

ISLAMABAD, May 24: Law & Justice Commission of Pakistan (LJCP) and the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding around reducing the Legal Exclusion of Pakistan’s poorest and the most vulnerable segments. The objectives of this collaboration are to focus on raising awareness on legal exclusion among all relevant stakeholders, as well as a programmatic focus on identifying and addressing the quality of access to justice for the poorest in the country. There will also be a focus on developing a suitable platform to collect evidence and inform policy level debate around legal access in Pakistan. The LJCP’s intensive focus on accessible, quality use of communication tools to provide information to Pakistan’s citizens on constitutional rights is being supplemented with a focus on research and collaboration with civil society. PPAF, with its 15 years of pro poor development and access to over 500,000 community institutions and 130 partners is uniquely positioned to provide support to LJCP in its critical work. Secretary Law & Justice Commission, Mr. Muhammad Sarwar Khan , commented on the significance of this partnership: “Collaboration of this sort has a significant multiplier effect, enabling PPAF and LJCP to combine their respective technical resources and efforts to better understand legal exclusion and thereby how best to address the justice needs of the poorest and most vulnerable in our society.  – PR