The Higher Education Commission of Pakistan (HEC) issued a no objection certificate to the Academy for commencing degree award programmes. The Academy has established the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Studies and Research Institute. The institute will run degree level courses and will work as part of the Academy’s education programme. The establishment of the institute and its affiliation with the HEC is a milestone on the way to academic excellence and contribution to quality judicial education in Pakistan. The institute is the first of its kind, at least, in South Asia.
Earlier, a HEC team of experts had visited the Academy to determine the feasibility of the institute. The Chairman of the HEC too had visited the Academy and had expressed his satisfaction with the requirements necessary for the establishment of the institute.