Pakistan, June 25 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered to reduce the duration of the LLB program from five years to four years. This decision came during a hearing on legal education reforms by a five-member constitutional bench led by Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan.

The court also directed that the Competency Licensing Exam (CLE) requirement be removed for students who earned their law degrees from foreign universities. This move aims to simplify the process for foreign-educated law graduates to practice in Pakistan.

Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar emphasized the importance of improving the standards of law colleges. He stated that if there are issues with any institution, like SM Law College, they should be fixed rather than using problems...