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Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan v. Federation of Pakistan

Date
2022
Geography
Pakistan

About this case

Filing year
2022
Status
Decided
Geography
Court/admin entity
Pakistan → Supreme Court
Case category
Suits against governments → Human Rights → Other
Principal law
Pakistan → Climate Change Act
At issue
Whether the Government of Pakistan has failed to fulfill its legal obligations under the Pakistan Climate Change Act, 2017, by not establishing the Pakistan Climate Change Authority and Climate Change Fund as mandated by the Act.

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Summary

On March 31, 2017, Pakistan’s Climate Change Act was promulgated. The Act mandated the establishment of a Climate Change Authority and a Climate Fund, but neither has been established. As a result, in December 2022, the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP) filed a constitutional petition in the Supreme Court challenging the government’s failure to implement the 2017 Act. On May 11, 2024, following the federal government's inactionable efforts to begin establishing the fund and authority, a three-judge bench of the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to establish the Climate Change Authority within 14 days, and to complete establishing the Climate Fund.