ISLAMABAD – Chief Justice of Pakistan Asif Saeed Khosa on Saturday calledit an unfortunate situation that the improvement of judicial system was noton the parliament’s list of priorities as recommendations and amendmentswere not tabled in the parliament for improvement in judicial policy.
He addressed an event in Islamabad and asserted that the model courts areestablished – in light of the recommendations of the National Judicial(Policy Making) Committee – for expeditious and inexpensive trial of cases.
He maintained that every possible effort was being made to adjudicatepending cases as soon as possible.
“Police must immediately investigate a case, and submit its challan. Underjudicial policy, cases would proceed under time-bound criminal trialregimen,
He said, while giving an example of Britain and other countries wheretrials are commenced under pre-defined period.
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“Provision of justice can be made easier if time is set for cases to bewrapped up,” he said.
“If, for any reason, a case could not be prosecuted, then its alternativewould be presented,” he maintained.
He claimed that the model courts are established with an aim to removeobstacles that cause delays in proceeding of cases.
