Judicial complex in Balakot demanded.

MANSEHRA -- Lawyers on Tuesday demanded the early construction of the judicial complex in Balakot tehsil here.

'It is unfortunate that the government isn't releasing funds approved for the judicial complex even after its groundbreaking. Courts and lawyers have long been working on makeshift premises,' tehsil bar council president Sardar Mohammad Ashfaq told reporters in Balakot.

Mr Ashfaq said that land for the judicial complex was acquired in 2016 after authorities decided to move courts and lawyer offices out of the Red Zone in Bisian.

He regretted the long delay in the release of funds after the groundbreaking of the judicial complex.

The council president also complained that authorities had yet to earmark land for lawyer offices and judges colony in Bisian area.

Lawyers complain about delay in funds release

Council general secretary Aziz Khan said that almost 18 years had passed after a strong earthquake turned the entire region upside down but lawyers continued to work in miserable conditions without facilities, including offices.

He said that the construction of the judicial complex would further the cause of justice.

Mr Khan demanded of the Peshawar High Court chief justice to intervene for the early release of funds by the government to ensure the start of work on the building.

CRIME CONTROL: Mansehra district police officer Zahoor Babar Afridi on Tuesday directed officers and station house officers to bring down crime rate in their respective areas here.

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