September 15; PILDAT has welcomed the announcement to establish a Legal Aid Authority in Punjab made by Punjab Law Minister, Rana Sanaullah Khan, MPA, at the 2-day conference on Legal Aid organized by the Pakistan Bar Council in collaboration with the UNDP at Lahore on September 11-12, 2015. The Conference theme was �Legal Aid In Pakistan: The Next Steps�. PILDAT delegation, led by its President, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Mehboob, actively participated in the conference proceedings and made contribution to the deliberations through Committees No.2 and No.5 to update The Pakistan Bar Council Free Legal Aid Rules, 1999.

The conference was attended by a large number of eminent legal practitioners, renowned human rights activists, civil society representatives and media including Mr. Azam Nazeer Tarar, Vice Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, Muhammad Ramzan Chaudhary, Chairman Free Legal Aid Committee, Pakistan Bar Council; , former President Supreme Court Bar Association; Ms. Asma Jahangir, former President Supreme Court Bar Association and a well-known Human Rights Advocate; Dr. Suhail Shahzad, Dean, Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences, Hazara University, Mansehra; and, Justice Aliya Neelum of the Lahore High Court.