Pakistan Bar Council Free Legal Aid Rules — section 10

10. Utilization of Funds:

(1)The funds shall be controlled, utilized and disbursed only by the Central Committee for providing free legal aid in the manner and to the extent authorized under these Rules to cover any of the following type of expenses:

(i)Court fee, process fee, copying charges, diet money and conveyance of Witness and/or all other charges payable in the Court or to the Tribunal or Authority concerned for initiating, prosecuting or defending the proceedings in the Court or before the Tribunal or Authority.

(ii)Professional fee payable to an advocate.

(2)The Chairman, Central Free Legal Aid Committee shall be authorized to make payment of misc. expenses/court fee etc. and part payment of professional fee of an Advocate:

(a)on receipt of a request/recommendation from a Provincial Committee or District Committee; and

(b)in appropriate cases fall under the domain of the Central Committee.