ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that while dispensing speedy and inexpensive justice, religious values needed to be understood with right reference and context, adding that laws are required to be framed keeping in view the largest good of the society coupled with fair implementation of law and proportional punishment and reward system.

The President made these remarks while addressing a group of students from Hamdard School of Law, Hamdard University, at Aiwan-e-Sadr on Tuesday. First Lady Begum Samina Arif Alvi was also present on the occasion.

President further stated that people deserved speedy and inexpensive justice but in reality there were long delays in the dispensation of Justice which violated the basic fundamental rights and had many social implications like mental as well as physical pain to the affectees and unrest in the society.

The President said that justice was of very little use if it was not dispensed in time as justice delayed is justice denied. He highlighted that in Pakistan although efforts had been made to provide speedy and inexpensive justice but still a lot needs to be done. He added that the use of modern technology, DNA profiling and the adoption of scientific investigation methods and techniques could be helpful in the speedy dispensation of justice.

He also stressed the need to impart training to the parliamentarians to make them fully capable to contribute their qualified input in the framing of laws which truly reflects the aspiration of the people and had a positive impact on the society.

The President said that Shaheed Hakeem Mohammed Saeed, the founder of Hamdard University was an icon, man of vision, educationist and entrepreneur who rendered remarkable services to the society.

He advised the young law students to observe the highest moral and ethical standards in performance of their duties and become a voice for the voiceless and help in providing them inexpensive and speedy justice especially to the poor and deprived segments of society.