• Move will help executive branch keep an eye on pending cases, including tax matters, where millions are stuck due to delays in adjudication
• Law minister says ‘nearly 99pc’of govt work being carried out digitally
ISLAMABAD: In a bid to settle the government’s gripe over pending cases that hamper its workings, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday inaugurated the transformative Case Assignments and Management System (CAMS) initiative, which will help officials keep track of pending matters and ensure their timely settlement.
“[CAMS] was long overdue because litigants and applicants from all over the country wanted transparent and speedy justice, and this initiative will go a long way to address their grievances and provide justice in a reasonable time frame,” he said at the launch ceremony.
A software platform designed to efficiently track, organise and manage individual cases within an organisation, CAMS is modelled on systems often used in fields such as customer services, legal practices, healthcare etc where individual issues require dedicated attention and tracking.
PM Shehbaz has often criticised how the recovery of millions of rupees often gets bogged down due to litigation. This initiative, a PM Office official told Dawn, would help address such problems.
The CAMS dashboard would offer the executive an overview of pending cases involving the government that have not been decided for years.
Under the system, the status of various cases involving different ministries and departments would be available on their websites, allowing various arms of the government to keep an eye on their progress, as well as working towards their speedy disposal.
A whole host of tax-related cases involving the potential recovery of billions of rupees, which are pending before the courts, can also be addressed through the system.
Speaking at the occasion, the PM recalled that a track-and-trace system introduced by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) did not yield the desired results. However, he claimed that his government had successfully launched a more efficient system.
“FBR is now having a trial run of faceless interaction at Karachi port, and once it is fully operational, it will then be replicated at various seaports, dry ports and other places all over the country,” he said.
He regretted that due to lack of transparent modern technology that often led to corruption, the country faced losses to the tune of trillions of rupees.
