Afghanistan Peace CampaignSahibzada said the capacity-building program was aimed at building the capacity of lawyers in serving people and implementing Islamic Sharia.
The supreme leader of the Islamic Emirate has ordered that Afghanistan’s laws be based on Sharia law and Islamic Jurisprudence, said the Ministry of Justice.
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of new lawyers, the deputy minister of justice, Abdul Karim Haidar, said that they have made efforts in the past two years to prepare all laws and procedure of the ministry based on the Islamic principles.
“The supreme leader has ordered that all the laws in the Justice Ministry be sourced from Sharia law and jurisprudence,” said Abdul Karim Haidar, the Deputy Minister of Justice.
According to the head of legislation of the Justice Ministry Fazal Hadi Sahibzada, 120 lawyers graduated from a nine-month period of practical studies and training [post university period] enabling them to work in courts.
Sahibzada said the capacity-building program was aimed at building the capacity of lawyers in serving people and implementing Islamic Sharia.
“We had given them examinations and 120 lawyers graduated today who received certificates and work licenses. They are presented to the society to serve people in courts,” said Fazal Hadi Sahibzada, the head of legislation of the Justice Ministry.
Meanwhile, the lawyers who graduated from the program expressed their joy for completing the capacity building program.
“In the past, the practical studies and training programs for lawyers used to be held by different legal organizations and they used to fund and run the programs, but now this is not the case,” said Habib Al-Habib, the head of the lawyers of the ministry.
“Our fundamental goal is to ensure social justice and deliver jurisprudence to people . We have no other goal,” said Abdul Rahman Mawlawizada, one of the graduate lawyers.
Based on the statistics of officials at the Ministry of Justice, nearly 200 lawyers are still busy receiving studies and training at the ministry.