APWA LEGAL AID CALL CENTER

The All Pakistan Women's Association in collaboration with Justice [Retd] Nasir Aslam Zahid, have jointly opened a facility known as APWA Legal Aid Call Center along with trained personnel and universal access numbers.APWA has provided the space for the center. It will operate as a community service to provide free legal advice to the people.

The target of the Center is the large majority of masses who either are not fully aware of their rights or are less privileged to obtain such services through other legal channels.

An aggrieved caller from any part of the country "if required" will also be guided to lawyer or human rights organization. Besides legal advice,private consultation will also be provided, over the phone, to those members of the community, who cannot afford to engage the services /professional fee of a private lawyer.

APWA Legal Aid Call Center (ALACC), accommodates twelve young advocates, both male and female, who have been trained in responding to queries and in using the call center's software, they will sit in the call center's booths from 2:30pm to 6:30pm everyday (except Sunday's and holidays) to receive calls and provide required service in Urdu, Sindhi and English.

The phone number for the Legal Aid helpline is 111-279-252.

These advocates will be to assist clients and to see if they have aproblem to which there may be a legal solution and to explain what options are available to them and from where they may obtain further assistance.

Please feel free to contact for any legal advice.