Kyrgyz journalist launches video on Pak Prosecution
Lahore: Despite several official initiatives, prosecution services in Pakistan remain under-utilized and under-publicized. This also served as a prompter for a young Kyrgyz Ms Ekaterina Harsdorf to launch a maiden video-documentary project on the subject in Lahore at the Police Training Academy. Titled “QUEST FOR JUSTICE,” this documentary will highlight the role and importance of Public Prosecution department in Pakistan, also focused on the prosecution services in Punjab.
Written and directed by Ekaterina herself, the documentary “Quest for Justice” is a brainchild of Secretary Prosecution Punjab, Nadeem Irshad Kiani, who is pursuing the goal of an independent, well-trained and publicly utilized prosecution services in the province. The Department and the crew of documentary have dedicated this documentary to those prosecutors who sacrificed their lives for the cause of justice.
German development agency GIZ is funding this unique video-documentary while the Punjab Prosecution Services department is providing with the technical support.
The theme of the video, Director Ms Ekaterina explained to the media, revolves around a murder case in which the prosecutor, despite all challenges, successfully uses all available tools within the system i.e. forensic evidence, witnesses, police officials inter alia to convict the perpetrators. Ekaterina said that to lend visual strength to the video, real life shots from crime scenes, Police Station, Prosecutors’ Office and Court Room will be included.
According to the details, shooting of Pakistan’s first documentary on Prosecution service and challenges faced in this mission is ongoing in Police Training Academy Chung these days. The documentary has been envisioned as an important advocacy tool to popularize prosecution services and it will be exhibited in law colleges, prosecution training institutes and media all over Pakistan in May this year.
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