Govt launches easily accessible law website for public

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has initiated a website and an application for users to access federal laws easily.

On Wednesday, Law Minister Farogh Naseem announced the launch of the app during a press conference in Islamabad.

According to the law minister, the Pakistan Code website, www.pakistancode.gov.pk, contains more than 900 laws and an archive dating back to 1948.

Farogh Naseem said, “It will be a tool for lawyers, judges, public servants, students, and researchers.”

He said that every individual would have easily available access to the laws on their laptops or mobile phones.

Naseem further added, “Now you won’t have to visit libraries or invest money to know about laws.”

The Constitution of Pakistan, criminal laws, international cases, family laws, civil laws, labour laws and rules of business are mentioned on the website.