The Chief Justice of the Peshawar High Court, Dost Muhammad Khan, inaugurated the Khyber Pakhtun-khwa Judicial Academy on July 19, 2012.
According to an article on thenews.com.pk, the Peshawar govnerment announced its plan to establish the KP Judicial Academy in December 2011. The new academy is located in Sessions Court, a renovated, historical building. Director General of the Judicial Academy, Hayat Ali Shah, stated the school would provide training services to judicial officers, as well as to police investigators, prosecutors, doctors and court reporters.