RAWALPINDI – The 116 Model Courts which have been set up across the countryto provide speedy justice and to clear the massive backlog of cases decided 766 cases including 319 cases of murder and 447 narcotics duringprevious one week.According to a handout issued here by the Directorate of Public Relations,Director General Supreme Court Monitoring Cell Sohail Nasir said that inorder to decide pending cases on priority statements of 3402 witnesses havealso been recorded in different cases from April 1 to 6.According to details,36 model courts in Punjab disposed of 278 casesincluding recording the statements of 2500 witnesses, 27 KPK Model Courtsdecided 171 cases while recorded 552 witnesses statements.Similarly ,27 Model Courts in Sindh disposed of 92 cases and recorded 647witnesses statements ,24 Baluchistan Model Courts decided 194 cases andrecorded statements of 692 witnesses while two model courts of Islamabaddisposed of 31 cases including recording statements of 86 witnesses.The Courts also imposed fine of around Rs 30 million on the accused, thestatement said.The DG SC Monitoring Cell said that model courts were established on thedirectives of Chief Justice Supreme Court of Pakistan and in accordancewith the instruction of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Asif Saeed KhanKhosa. Modern technique of proceedings have been adopted to decide oldcases of murder and narcotics, he added. He said that the performance ofmodel courts are being assessed on daily basis.
116 Model Courts across Pakistan start producing results to clear massive backlog
