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Advocate General is assigned the work of giving advices to the Administrative Departments in the legal matters when there is a difference of opinion between the Law Department and the Administrative Department and to defend the interest of provincial and local functionaries of Government in Constitutional Petitions and Civil matters before the High Court and Supreme Court.

The Prosecution Service is governed under the Sindh Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and Powers) Act, 2009.

The main functions of the Prosecution Service are to conduct the prosecution in criminal cases on behalf of the State.

The Prosecution Service is headed by the Prosecutor General Sindh (BS-20), who appears in High Court and the Supreme Court. He is assisted by the Additional Prosecutors General (BS-19), Deputy Prosecutors General (BS-18) and Assistant Prosecutors General(BS-17).

In the Districts the Prosecution Service is headed by the District Public Prosecutors (BS-19). They are being assisted by the Deputy District Public Prosecutors (BS-18) and Assistant Deputy Public Prosecutors (BS-17).

In the Anti-Terrorism Courts, Anti-Corruption Courts and Anti-Encroachment Courts, the Prosecutors are posted by the Law Department with the approval of Law Secretary in consultation with the Prosecutor General. The Prosecutor General has the overall control upon the Prosecutors in the Province.

The transfers and postings of the Law Officers is also made with the approval of Law Secretary in consultation with the Prosecutor General.

Appeals against acquittal of accused persons are to be filed on the recommendations of the concerned Prosecutor and the recommendations of the Prosecutor General through Law Secretary with the approval of Law Minister.

Solicitor's Department is an Attached Department of Law Department and is headed by District & Sessions Judge (BS-21) drawn from Judiciary. The main functions of department are to protect the interest of Provincial Government and its functionaries before judicial and quasi-judicial forums viz Court of Senior Civil Judges/ Assistant Sessions Judges, District & Sessions Judges, High Court, Supreme Court and Sindh Service Tribunal etc.

It tends legal advices whether the suit is worth to be defended or institued at public expenses or not. It supervises the working of Law Officers.

The post of the Official Assignee is created under the Act known as the Insolvency (Karachi Division) Act and operates within the limits of Karachi. Under this Act, the Administration of Insolvency Jurisdiction within the limits of the Karachi is to be exercised by the Official Assignee under the Superintendence of the High Court. It is the duty of the Official Assignee to investigate the cases of every person or the firm who/which is adjudicated insolvent in order to find out the causes of insolvency, the property, if any, which insolvent owns, the property, if any,which the insolvent may have transferred by sale, mortgage etc. prior to the insolvency and the reasons for such transfer and if the transfer appears to bebogus or mala fide, to take appropriate steps to have the said transfer set aside so that the property may be available for satisfying the claims of the Insolvent’s creditors, to examine the insolvent’s account books, if any, so as to find out if there has been any leakage of assets and if the books have been properly maintained, to recover the property of the insolvent, which may consist on the actionable claims such as debts due to insolvents, to invite creditors to file their claims and to examine such claims when filed, to distribute the assets of the insolvent amongst creditors, and to finally report to the Court on the entire case when an insolvent applies to be discharged as insolvent.

The Law Department has been also assigned the subject of Human Rights as per Entry Nos. 19, 20 & 21 of Sindh Government Rules of Business and it was added in the year 2000.

The above entries are reproduced as under:-

“19. Dealing with complaints and allegations of human rights violations and collection of information and reports on such complaints from other Departmentsor agencies.

20. Referring and recommending investigation and enquiries in respect of anyincident of violation of human rights.

21. Co-ordination of activities of Departments in respect of human rights.”

1. The complaints received regarding the violation of human rights from the agencies, departments or individuals were received and as per law this department dealt with those complaints and redress of their grievances.

2. In present regime, Government of Sindh has also appointed a separate Minister for Human Rights, who is dealing with the above subject.