Environmental Laws of Pakistan : With the Exhaustive Commentary on the
Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997 : Containing All Rules, Regulations,
Latest Case Law and Treaties/Jawad Hassan. Lahore, Bookbiz, 2006, 358 p.,
tables, ISBN 969-8761-06-3.
Contents: 1. Preamble. 2. Definitions. 3. Establishment of the Pakistan environmental protection council comments. 4. Functions and powers of the council. 5. Establishment of the Pakistan. 6. Functions of the federal agency. 7. Power of the Federal Agency Environmental Samples Rules, 2001. 8. Establishment, power and functions of the provincial environmental protections agencies. 9. Establishment of the provincial sustainable development funds. 10. Management of the provincial sustainable development funds. 11. Prohibition of certain discharges. 12. Initial environmental examinations and environmental impact assessment. 13. Prohibition of import of hazardous waste. 14. Handing of hazardous substances. 15. Regulation of motor vehicles. 16. Environmental protection order. 17. Penalties. 18. Offences by bodies corporate case law. 19. Offences by government agencies, local authorities or local councils. 20. Environmental tribunals. 21. Jurisdiction and powers of environmental tribunals. 22. Appeals to the environment tribunal. 23. Appeals from orders of the environmental tribunal. 24. Jurisdiction of environmental magistrates. 25. Appeals from orders of environmental magistrates. 26. Power of delegates. 27. Power to give directions. 28. Indemnity. 29. Dues recoverable as areas of land revenue. 30. Act to override other laws. 31. Power of make rules. 32. Power to the amend the schedule. 33. Power to make regulations. 34. Repeal, savings and succession schedule.
From the preface: "This book provides the full text of the 1997 Act including its rules and regulations and selected provisions of other relevant laws, all accompanied by practical section-by-section commentary giving guidance on the interpretation and application of law at it is in force.
The objective behind this book is to reflect upon environmental legislations (including the act, rules and regulations), judicial pronouncements, international treaties and other developments related to environment. This includes both judicial approaches and new approaches towards conflict resolution and consensus building. This is to enable a law practitioner to develop critical view point as to the functioning of our legal system with a view to ignite creative thinking, in bringing legal reforms to protect environment.
This book is a novel attempt in bring about an understanding of the subject and would benefit people from all sections of the society. It contains a birds eye view into the various laws apart from Pakistan Environmental Protection Act, 1997, and judgments of the Pakistani Courts, while briefly touching upon the international legal regime.
This unique book provides expert analytical commentary of the 1997 Act and will therefore be indispensable to all practitioners concerned with environmental matters, environmental specialists, agency reviewers and decision makers, consultants, students and citizens who want to effectively influence environmental decisions that shape their communities."