“Restorative justice is a way of seeing crime as more than breaking the law as it also causes harm to people, relationships, and the community. So a just response must address those harms as well. The best way to do this is for the parties themselves to meet to discuss the harms and how to bring about resolution. Sometimes those meetings lead to transformational changes in their lives”. 

The concept of restorative justice is somewhat covered under Pakistani law. However, in practical terms, it is applied through traditional informal justice and dispute resolution forums or "panchaayats/jirgas" where legal provisions for the benefit of people are abused by local elites and arbitrary judgments are passed in clear contradiction of law and constitutional rights of the citizens. This practice has even touched the extremes by strengthening the barbaric traditions of honor killings (Karo-Kari) and giving away of women as compensation for crimes (wanni).

The Honorable High Court of Sindh, in its landmark judgment declared jirga judgments illegal and void. This created a need for an institution where ADR provisions of laws are applied, staying within the legal limits of law and Constitution.

The objective of VORPP, established with the approval of High Court of Sind at District and Sessions Court, Karachi, is to institutionalize Restorative Justice to supplement our criminal justice system. The project is also envisaged to provide services in respect of rehabilitation of Victims of offences and their families, creating better conditions for prisoners and rehabilitating their families, post-sentence care programs/rehabilitation services to released prisoners and any other such activities to supplement our criminal justice system including the Judiciary, Police and Prisons, throughout Pakistan.

A sub project of rehabilitation of families and women prisoners was later expanded to provide awareness about health and education to other vulnerable communities apart from victims and offenders.