Amendments Required to Regulate Conduct of Advocates in Pakistan: A Proposal for Reforms

Abstract

The article in hand proposes reforms for regulating the lawyers’ community in interest of people of Pakistan, fundamental rights and justice. The methodology adopted is critical analysis of the provisions of law and conduct of advocates. The findings mandate reforms in relevant laws to regulate the conduct of advocates. The limitations of the study are of obtaining statistical data and comparison with the outer world due to restricted scale of the research. The topic has huge ramification for the justice sector in Pakistan in delivering fundamental rights to people. Such a research to authors’ knowledge has not been undertaken before.