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SUPREME COURT MUSEUM, ISLAMABAD The Supreme Court museum is not a novel idea for the world; most of the countries maintaining their Supreme Court Museums or they have special archive sections to represent evolutionary development of their judiciary; through old photographs, official documents, landmark judgments and important artifacts used by the judges.

The idea of Supreme Court Museum was surfaced in 2010 by Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani, Judge, (later on  Chief Justice of Pakistan) to preserve and display the time honoured traditions of the judiciary and law in Pakistan to apprise the next generation.

To achieve this very object the Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry constituted an Archives Committee comprising of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani and Hon’ble Mr. Justice Nasirul Mulk, to oversee the execution of the Museum project.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

The objectives of the Museum are to establish and maintain a world-class Museum which will reflect the public trust and confidence in the Supreme Court rests on its integrity and the transparency of its processes. The aim is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit the artifacts from judicial history that collectively will represent the broad spectrum of judiciary at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional museology standards.

The Museum seeks to honor and preserve the judicial heritage to educate our future generation and to exhibit a core group of artifacts for permanent viewing. Through changing exhibitions and guided visits, the Museum aims to illuminate the interrelation of our past, present and future, as well as the judicial environment in which these artifacts were shaped.

These activities provide the general public—including Jurist, Lawyers, and students—with a greater appreciation of displayed items in their frame of time. Importantly, the Museum actively seeks to provide knowledge, inspiration, and stimulation for its current audiences, to attract new audiences and to provide an accessible resource for future generations. FOR DETAILS and Photographs please visit. www.supremecourt.gov.pk contact:+92519082446 e.mail. curatorscp@gmail.com Address: Supreme Court of Pakistan, Constitution Avenue, Islamabad