The provincial authorities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has agreed to enhance the safety of Peshawar Excessive Courtroom judges by offering a bulletproof to every one.
Moreover, all civil judges and judicial magistrates will even be offered safety.
"Regardless of restricted assets, the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom and the district judiciary of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have labored tirelessly during the last 12 months to resolve pending circumstances," mentioned PC Registrar Barrister Ikhtiar Khan.
"Excessive courtroom judges voluntarily decreased their holidays to handle previous circumstances, and in subordinate courts, 8,000 out of 25,000 focused previous circumstances had been resolved, lowering the whole to 17,000, " he mentioned.
The registrar continued that the PHC resolved extra circumstances than these filed final 12 months, making certain well timed supply of justice. "Over 41,000 circumstances are nonetheless pending throughout the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom and its principal seats. The PHC chief justice is actively taking measures to handle these backlogs."
The registrar was flanked by PHC Extra Registrar (Admin) Mamrez Khan Khalil, and PHC HR Director Adil Majeed for a press briefing.
The registrar famous that regardless of restricted assets, efforts are being made to resolve circumstances effectively, utilising all obtainable means. "Judicial work was affected in some districts resulting from terrorism incidents, however circumstances had been promptly transferred to different districts for continuation."
He said that subordinate courts additionally carried out diligently, lowering pending circumstances in comparison with the earlier 12 months regardless of the month-to-month submitting of three,000 new circumstances. Equally, the Peshawar Excessive Courtroom continues to obtain new circumstances each day. The registrar said that solely 13 judges are working on the PHC, regardless of a sanctioned energy of 30.
"Nonetheless, beneath the supervision of CJ Ishtiaq Ibrahim, backlogs are being addressed. Previously 10 months, the courtroom resolved extra circumstances than had been newly filed, reflecting the judiciary's dedication to its duties regardless of useful resource constraints.
Extra Registrar Mamrez Khan said that 49,900 circumstances had been filed within the district judiciary final 12 months, whereas 52,300 had been resolved. "At present, 261,000 circumstances are pending, however with the appointment of twenty-two new further judges, the backlog is anticipated to cut back considerably."
The recruitment of 12 extra further session judges and 112 civil judges is anticipated to be accomplished by June, additional easing the burden. Of the previous circumstances, solely 17,000 stay pending, with 8,000 already resolved. A case administration committee, fashioned by the chief justice, has contributed considerably to this progress.