DELEGATION OF UNDER TRAINING POLICE OFFICERS, CALLS ON HCJP.

ISLAMABAD -- A delegation of under training Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASsP), currently undergoing training at Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad under 'Professional Exchange Programme' called on Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) e Gulzar Ahmed in Supreme Court Islamabad on Thursday..

CJP Gulzar Ahmed welcomed the delegation and gave them an overview of the Criminal Justice System in Pakistan. Deliberating upon the role of police in Criminal Justice System, his lordship said that police is an important pillar of the criminal justice system. The responsibility of investigation lies with the police but unfortunately around 90% criminals are acquitted on account of faulty, defective investigation and improper or insufficient evidence. The quality of evidence matters in an investigation. He further told the participants thatjudgment authored by his lordship in Criminal Petition No.419/2020 titled as 'SadamHussainVs, The State through AG Islamabad and another' on 12.05.2020, it was held that

'Investigation of crime is specialized subject in which the investigation officers...