Speedy Justice

Abdur Raziq May 15, 2009

‘Year 2009 is year of justice for all,’ Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan Mr. Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary had said in a meeting of National Judicial Policy Making Committee presided over by him, in Islamabad capital of Pakistan.

To implement the decisions of said committee at lower level, Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Mr. Tariq Parvez had called up a meeting of District and Session Judges of NWFP province of Pakistan. During the meeting target was assigned to judges of all the districts in NWFP. In Kohat district District and Session Judge Mr. Shahjehan Akhunzada had called a meeting of Judicial Officers in Kohat district, during the meeting regarding target number of decisions for pending old cases was given to the Judicial Officers. It was decided that at the level of District and Session Judge cases till 2005 will be decided till 15-5-2009, Civil Judges will decide all the cases till 2002, and Judicial Magistrates will decide the cases till 2006.

On Friday in a meeting presided over by District and Session Judge Shahjehan Akhunzada, Mr. Shahjehan Akhunzada had expressed his satisfaction over completion of targets for judicial officers in Kohat district.

Collectively at district Kohat level District and Session Judge and additional District and Session Judge from 2-5-2009 to 15-5-2009 had decided 260 pending cases. Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate in the said period have decided 900 pending cases. District and Session Judge Kohat Mr. Shahjehan Akhunzada has issued directions to Judicial Officers of Kohat district to speed up decisionsons regarding all the cases of different nature to provide speedy justice to public.

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