*LAHORE – Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Sardar Muhammad ShamimKhan on Wednesday has taken historic decision over the yule period of thecriminal cases.*

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* directed to wrap up cases pertaining to minor offences within the periodof three months.*

The chief justice of high court further instructed to send a weeklyperformance report of all respective magistrates to session judges.

“All cases, involving minor crimes, filed until December 31 are to beconcluded by April 30,” he ordered.

Justice Shamim lamented that the district court of Punjab has 7,475 pendingcases which are related to minor crimes. However, he lauded the progress ofRajanpur, Jehlum and Sheikhupura courts for their speedy trails.

On January 1, Justice Sardar Muhammad Shamim Khan replaced Justice MuhammadAnwar-ul-Haq after the latter’s retirement as the chief justice of theLahore High Court.

Last week, Justice Asif Saeed Khan Khosa, the senior most judge of theSupreme Court, also took oath as the 26th Chief Justice ofPakistan, replacing Justice Mian Saqib Nisar who retired on Jan 17.