Model courts decide over 15,00 cases countrywide

Model courts decide over 15,00 cases countrywide

The model courts have decided more than fifteen hundred cases across the country in twelve days since their inception on first of this month.

Under the new judicial policy, total 116 model courts were established in the country, including two in Islamabad, 36 in Punjab, 27 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 27 in Sindh and 24 in Balochistan.

According to a report of the monitoring cell, during the first 12 days, the performance of model courts remained exemplary as they decided 642 murder and 881 narcotics cases.

About 5,966 witnesses were testified by the courts, including 163 in Islamabad, 2,502 in Punjab, 1,077 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 1,155 in Sindh and 1069 in Balochistan.

The courts decided 635 murder cases and gave death sentence to 45 accused, including two in Islamabad, 29 in Punjab, five in KP, eight in Sindh and one in Balochistan. Similarly, 143 accused were given life imprisonment, including one in Islamabad, 49 in Punjab, 18 in KP, 44 in Sindh and 31 in Balochistan.