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" DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY LAWS IN PAKISTAN DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY LAWS IN PAKISTAN   [Speech by Mr. Justice Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo. on 17th August. 1997 at Wollongong Australia in the Conference of Judges of the Family Court.]   [A brief survey of emphasizing the need to appoint a Commission to stud), causes of marriage break‑up and suggest remedial measures to save children from its ill‑effects]   By   Mr. Justice (R) Mukhtar Ahmed Junejo   Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alastair Nicholson, Chief Justice Family Court of Australia, Hon'ble Judges, Family Courts of Australia, Honorable Justices of the countries other than Australia, learned jurists, excellencies, ladies and gentlemen!   It is a proud privilege for me to attend this august gathering of Judges of Superior Courts, eminent jurists and people of learning at Wollongong, Australia.   Sir, I come from Pakistan, a country of over 120 millions, situated in South East Asia, which attained its independence fifty years ago on 14th August, 1947, under the dynamic leadership of a great jurist, a political activist and a great fighter for the cause of downtrodden and less fortunate people of the then undivided India, namely, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, who was himself a Bar‑at‑Law from Lincon's Inn,   Before our independence, we were governed by Britishers, They codified the law of crimes and criminal procedure, but allowed personal law of the subjects to operate. Thus, in the domain of personal faw, the Muslims were governed by Anglo‑Muhammadan Law, Hindus by Hindu Law and other persons by their own religious laws. Later on necessity arose to codify some of the personal laws. In 1939 the Muslim Law relating to dissolution of Muslim marriages was consolidated, codified and…