Application Forms For Free Legal Aid

APPLICATION FOR FREE LEGAL ASSISTANCE
FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE RELEVANT DLEC

Eligible litigants may apply for free legal aid by submitting an application on plain paper or by using the application form provided above. Use of the prescribed application form is optional.

APPLICATION FOR FREE LEGAL AID UNDER THE PAKISTAN BAR COUNCIL FREE LEGAL AID RULES

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Eligible and deserving litigants may also apply for free legal aid by submitting an application addressed to the Chairman, Pakistan Bar Council, using the prescribed application proforma provided above.

How to Apply for Free Legal Aid?

An eligible person may apply for free legal aid by submitting an application on plain paper or by using the application form provided above. The application must include details of the case, the applicant’s name, parentage, address, telephone number, and other necessary particulars. Use of the prescribed application form is optional.

District Courts Tier: Applications should be submitted to the concerned District and Sessions Judge (D&SJ).
High Courts and Supreme Court Tier: Applications should be submitted to the concerned Additional Registrar.
A convicted prisoner or a person in judicial custody may also submit an application through the Superintendent of the concerned jail for onward transmission to the relevant forum.

The relevant committee shall examine the applications received. After scrutiny of the particulars and supporting documents, a decision shall be made regarding the provision of free legal aid to eligible and deserving applicants. Applicants are required to complete the application form in all respects and attach all requisite supporting documents.

Note:
Use of the prescribed application form is optional. Applications may also be submitted on plain paper.

Select a province or territory to view the contact details of District Legal Empowerment Committees.

Punjab (36 contacts)

S. No.	District / Committee	Email	Telephone	Fax
1	Attock	dsjattock@punjab.gov.pk	0579316055	0579316057
2	Bahawalpur	dsjbahawalpur@punjab.gov.pk	062- 9250092	062-9250091
3	Bahawalnagar	dsjbahawalnagar@punjab.gov.pk	063-9240165	063-9240166
4	Bhakkar	dsjbhakkar@punjab.gov.pk	0453-921264	+92-453-921266
5	Chiniot	dsjchiniot@punjab.gov.pk	047-9210005	047-9210004
6	Chakwal	dsjchakwal@punjab.gov.pk	0543-660144	0543-660030
7	Dera Ghazi Khan	dsjdgkhan@punjab.gov.pk	064-9260312	064-9260314
8	Faisalabad	dsjfaisalabad@punjab.gov.pk	041-9200292	041-9200299
9	Gujranwala	dsjgujranwala@punjab.gov.pk	055-9200082	0559200081
10	Gujrat	dsjgujrat@punjab.gov.pk	053-9260082	053-9260081
11	Hafizabad	dsjhafizabad@punjab.gov.pk	0547-920100	0547-920099
12	Jhang	dsjjhang@punjab.gov.pk	047-9200092	047-9200192
13	Jhelum	dsjjhelum@punjab.gov.pk	0544-9270461-62	—
14	Kasur	dsjkasur@punjab.gov.pk	049-9250092	049-9250188
15	Khanewal	dsjkhanewal@punjab.gov.pk	065-9200188	—
16	Khusab	dsjkhushab@punjab.gov.pk	0454-920097	0454-920098
17	Lahore	dsjlahore@punjab.gov.pk	042-99213200	042-99210131
18	Layyah	dsjlayyah@punjab.gov.pk	0606-920030	0606-920032
19	Lodhran	dsjlodhran@punjab.gov.pk	0608-921005	0608-921006
20	M.B Din	dsjmbdin@punjab.gov.pk	0546-501833	0546-650425
21	Mianwali	dsjmianwali@punjab.gov.pk	0459-920273	0459-920209
22	Multan	dsjmultan@punjab.gov.pk	061- 9201165	061-9201168
23	Muzzaffargarh	dsjmuzaffargarh@punjab.gov.pk	0669200120	—
24	Nankana Sahib	dsjnankana@punjab.gov.pk	056-9201001	—
25	Narowal	dsjnarowal@punjab.gov.pk	0542-920100	0542-920101
26	Okara	dsjokara@punjab.gov.pk	044-9200412	0449200413
27	Pakpattan	dsjpakpattan@punjab.gov.pk	—	0457-921101
28	Rahim Yar Khan	dsjrykhan@punjab.gov.pk	068-9230261	068-9230314
29	Rajanpur	dsjrajanpur@punjab.gov.pk	0604-920092	0604-920094
30	Rawalpindi	dsjrawalpindi@punjab.gov.pk	051-9286061	051-9286062
31	Sahiwal	dsjsahiwal@punjab.gov.pk	040-9200123	040-9200124
32	Sargodha	dsjsargodha@punjab.gov.pk	048-9230248	—
33	Sheikhupura	dsjsheikhupura@punjab.gov.pk	056-9200192	056-9200193
34	Sialkot	dsjsialkot@punjab.gov.pk	(052) -9250444	(052) -9250443
35	Toba Tek Singh	dsjttsingh@punjab.gov.pk	046-9201151	—
36	Vehari	dsjvehari@punjab.gov.pk	0679201141	0679201142

Sindh (27 contacts)

S. No.	District / Committee	Email	Telephone	Fax
1	Kashmore Kandhkot	djkashmorekandhkot@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	07225-70950	07225-70949
2	Sukkur	info-suk@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	(021) 99203151-9	(021) 99203221
3	Thatta	djthatta@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0298-920120	0298-920121
4	Umerkot	djumerkot@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0238-920070	0238-920071
5	Karachi South	djkarachisouth@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	(021) 99215913	(021) 99215912
6	Tando M Khan	djtandomkhan@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	022-3409607	022-9240810
7	Badin	djbadin@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0297-920003	0297-920004
8	Dadu	djdadu@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	025-9200330	025-9200332
9	Ghotki	djghotki@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0723-681199	0723-682499
10	Hyderabad	info-hyd@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	022-9200333	022-9200335
11	Jacobabad	djjacobabad@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0722-921210	0722-921211
12	Jamshoro	djjamshoro@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	022-2110160	022-2110161
13	Karachi East	djkarachieast@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	021-99215867	021-99216081
14	Khairpur	djkhairpur@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0243-9280241	0243-9280242
15	Larkana	info-lar@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	074-9410602	074-9410617
16	Matiari	djmatyari@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	022-9240800	022-9240810
17	Mirpur Khas	djmirpurkhas@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0233 - 9290005	0233 - 9290006
18	Naushahro Feroze	djnaushahroferoze@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0242-448478	0242-448620
19	Shaheed Benazir Abad	djbenazirabad@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	0244-9370327	0244-9370328
20	Kambar/ Shahdadkot	djshahdadkot@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	074-4211883 074-9411200	074-4211884 074-9411201
21	Sanghar	djsanghar@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	—	—
22	Shikarpur	djshikarpur@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	+92-726-920121	+92-726-920123
23	Tando Allah Yar	djtallahyar@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	022-3890341	022-3890340
24	Tharparkar Mithi	djtharparkar@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	092-920101	092-920100
25	Karachi Central	djkarachicentral@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	021-99215309	021-99216270
26	Karachi West	djkarachiwest@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	021-99215542	021-99215018
27	Malir	djmalir@sindhhighcourt.gov.pk	021-99248477	021-99248478

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (35 contacts)

S. No.	District / Committee	Email	Telephone	Fax
1	Abbottabad	dsjatd@gmail.com	0992-9310051	—
2	Bannu	dsj_bannu@yahoo.com	0928-9270057	—
3	Battagram	dsjbattagram@yahoo.con	0997310215	—
4	Buner at Daggar	dsjbuner@gmail.com	0939510301	—
5	Charsada	dsjcharsadda@yahoo.com	091-9220444	—
6	Chitral Lower	dsjctl@gmail.com	0943-412533	—
7	Dera Ismail Khan	dsjdikhan@gmail.com	0966-9280228	—
8	Dir Lower	dsjdirtmg@gmail.com	0945920035	—
9	Dir Upper	dc_diru@yahoo.com	0944880721	—
10	Hangu	dsjhangu@gmail.com	0925 622009	—
11	Haripur	dsjharipur@gmail.com	0995920500	—
12	Karak	dsjkarak@yahoo.com	0927290672	—
13	Kohat	dsjkohat123@gmail.com	0922920041	—
14	Kohistan Upper at Dassu	sckohistan@gmail.com	0998407177 03005638478	—
15	Lakki Marwat	dsjlakki@yahoo.com	0969-538150	—
16	Malakand/ Bhatkel	dsjmalakand@yahoo.com; dsjmalakand@gmail.com	+92 0932-412474	—
17	Mansehra	manager.it.dscm@gmail.com	0997-301848	—
18	Mardan	dsjmardan@yahoo.com	0937-9230201	—
19	Nowshera	dsjnsr@gmail.com	0923-9220106	0923-9220241
20	Peshawar	scpeshawar@yahoo.com	091-9212214	091-9212419
21	Shangla	dsjshangla1@gmail.com	+92-996-850001	+92-996-851001
22	Swabi	dsjswabi1@gmail.com	0938280372	—
23	Swat	dsjswt@gmail.com	+92 0946713891	+92 0946 713893
24	Tank	dsjtank@gmail.com	0963510515	—
25	Bajaur	dsjbajaur@gmail.com	0942220872	—
26	Khyber	dsjkhyber@gmail.com	091-5820748	—
27	Kurram	dsjkurram@gmail.com	0926-312092	—
28	Mohmand	dsjmohmand@gmail.com	0924-29013	0924-290133
29	North Waziristan	dsjnorthwaziristan@gmail.com	0928-920007	0928-662036
30	South Waziristan	districtcourts.southwaziristan@gmail.com	0963-511511	—
31	Orakzai	dsjorakzai@gmail.com	0925-690324	—
32	Upper Chitral	dsjuchitral@gmail.com	+92943470316	—
33	Kohistan Lower	dsj.kohistan.l@gmail.com	0998405090	—
34	Kollai Pallas	dsjkolaipallas@gmail.com	0996-400033	—
35	Torghar	dsjtorgharoghi@gmail.com	0997-543342	—

Balochistan (29 contacts)

S. No.	District / Committee	Email	Telephone	Fax
1	D&SJ Dera Bugti	scdbugti@bhc.gov.pk	0833-9230027	—
2	D&SJ Gwadar	scgawadar@bhc.gov.pk	0869-200006	0869-200006
3	D&SJ Lasbella	schub@bhc.gov.pk	0853-363651	0853-363114
4	D&SJ Kalat	sckalat@bhc.gov.pk	0844-210011	0844-210011
5	D&SJ Makran	scturbat@bhc.gov.pk	0852-412226	0852-412101
6	D&SJ Kharan	sckharan@bhc.gov.pk	0847-510773	0847-510844
7	D&SJ Kohlu	sckohlu@bhc.gov.pk	0829-667346	0829-667346
8	D&SJ Khuzdar	sckhuzdar@bhc.gov.pk	0848-412734	0848-413929
9	D&SJ Loralai	scloralai@bhc.gov.pk	0824-410070	0824-660243
10	D&SJ Musakhel	scmusakhail@bhc.gov.pk	0824-660688	0824-660243
11	D&SJ Dera Murad Jamali	scdmj@bhc.gov.pk	0838-710535	0838-711681
12	D&SJ Nushki	scnushki@bhc.gov.pk	0825-873600	0825-872752
13	D&SJ Panjgoor	scpanjgoor@bhc.gov.pk	0855-641174	0855-641819
14	D&SJ Pishin	scpishin@bhc.gov.pk	0826-440011	0826-440018
15	D&SJ Quetta	scquetta@bhc.gov.pk	081- 9201613	081- 9202323
16	D&SJ Sibi	scsibi@bhc.gov.pk	0833-9230027	0833-9230024
17	D&SJ Zhob	sczhob@bhc.gov.pk	0822-413298	0822-413297
18	D&SJ Usta Muhammad	ustam@bhc.gov.pk	0838-612225	0838-612466
19	D&SJ Dera Allah Yar	scday@bhc.gov.pk	0838-510058	0838-510058
20	D&SJ Barkhan	scbarkhan@bhc.gov.pk	0829-688323	0829-688323
21	D&SJ Killa Abdullah	sckilla-abdullah@bhc.gov.pk	0826-920066	0826-920067
22	D&SJ Killa Saifullah	sckilla-saifullah@bhc.gov.pk	0823-610757	0823-610756
23	D&SJ Mastung	sckalat@bhc.gov.pk	0843-895457	0843-895457
24	D&SJ Chagi at Dalbandin	scchaghi@bhc.gov.pk	0825-211374	0825-211333
25	D&SJ Harnai	scharnai@bhc.gov.pk	0833-520077	0833-520157
26	D&SJ Sariab	scsariab@bhc.gov.pk	081-9211790	081-9211795
27	D&SJ Washuk at Basima	scwashuk@bhc.gov.pk	0847-31033	—
28	D&SJ Awaran	scawaran@bhc.gov.pk	0856-511181	0856-511181
29	D&SJ Kachi at Dhadar	sckachhi@bhc.gov.pk	0832-415464	—

Islamabad Capital Territory (2 contacts)

S. No.	District / Committee	Email	Telephone	Fax
1	Islamabad-East	DDO6291east@gmail.com	051-9261913	051-9260564
2	Islamabad-West	—	051-9262197	—

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