ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi on Friday highlighted his plan to integrate artificial intelligence into the country’s judicial system, saying it could significantly improve the performance of courts while stressing that its adoption must be guided by an ethical framework to ensure responsible use.
Globally, countries are experimenting with AI to improve legal efficiency, with Chinese courts using the technology for evidence analysis and verdict drafting, while the US judiciary deploying it for legal research and risk assessments.
Speaking at a symposium to mark the International Day for Judicial Wellbeing, the chief justice said the judiciary was committed to embracing innovation but not at the cost of fairness or transparency.
Justice Afridi said the National Judicial Automation Committee, chaired by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar and comprising judges from the high courts, had been tasked with preparing and recommending ethical guidelines for the use of AI in Pakistan’s judiciary.
“We hope that this initiative, along with the willingness of our judiciary to use AI, will enable us to integrate AI into our processes safely and allow us to make our justice delivery system more efficient, transparent and, above all, citizen-centric,” he said.
