ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Law and Justice has recently launched a website and mobile Apps hosting federal laws in a digitized and updated form.
The said website hosts 995 Laws for the public in a user-friendly format. The laws can be accessed through www.pakistancode.gov.pk or on the mobile Apps which are available on both android and iOS.
Since the project was launched in August, 2023 more than one lakh (0.1 million) people have accessed the website, according to an official statement issued here on Wednesday.
Urdu translation of the federal laws for the general public is being launched by the caretaker Minister of Law and Justice Ahmad Irfan Aslam in the presence of the Secretary Law Raja Naeem Akbar and the officials of the Ministry of Law and Justice.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide easy access to the general public in national language i.e. Urdu. So far, most frequently viewed laws have been uploaded on the said website.
Digitalization of Reference Branch is a pivotal part of the Ministry of Law and Justice. The primary responsibility of the reference room is to preserve copies of gazette notifications, laws, and other documents.
However, over the years, the paper-based documents have deteriorated, and there is a continuous fear of loss in case of any disaster. As a step to save documents, a digital archiving system is being developed in the Ministry of Law and Justice.
An initiative to develop an in-house document archival system for digital archiving is underway. This system will have features such as version control, an intelligent search system, and user logs.
Ministry of Law and Justice has developed a Library Management Information System (LMIS) which is a web-based off-the-shelf system, developed internally by the project team accessible link http://LMIS.molaw.gov.pk.
All employees of the federal government can access the books and after having membership the books can be issued. Currently, 9679 books are digitally catalogued on the LMIS.
The said initiative has been appreciated by judges, lawyers, students, researchers and the general public.
