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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Chaudhry Fawad Hussain on Friday said the country needed a strong and independent judiciary as an institution.

Addressing a law conference in Islamabad, he said the rule of law was imperative for a successful democratic system.

The information minister said the government believed in strengthening of institutions.

He urged the superior judiciary and the Law Commission to evaluate ideas to improve judicial system in Pakistan.

Read More: CJP Saqib Nisar says judiciary ‘guardian of democracy and constitution’

Fawad stressed the need to revamp lower judiciary such as the civil and the district courts.

Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar in a statement in July said that despite all the criticism, judiciary stood as a guardian of democracy and the constitution.

The chief justice maintained that judiciary had to act against mafias because of the leadership vacuum in the country otherwise he, as a juror, detested judicial activism.

The top judge also took credit for the timely conduct of general elections and said that a senior journalist too praised his efforts in this regard.

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