Model criminal trial courts dispose of 464 cases.

Byline: SHAHID RAO

ISLAMABAD -- The model criminal trial courts across the country have continued expeditious dispensation of justice and these courts on disposed of total 464 cases related to murder and narcotics across the country.

In this connection, office of Director General (DG) Monitoring and Evaluation Cell Islamabad on Friday issued a performance report of these courts by terming their performance as exemplary.

The total 182 model criminal trial courts decided total 75 cases of murder and narcotics cases across the country by announcing the verdicts in 19 murder cases and 56 narcotics cases. These courts also recorded the statements of total 624 witnesses.

According to the details, in Punjab, the model courts decided a total two cases of murder and 31 narcotics cases, in Islamabad one murder case was decided, in Sindh 7 murder cases and 12 narcotics cases were disposed of, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decisions were announced in 5 narcotics cases while in Balochistan one case of narcotics and one case of murder were decided.

The performance report said that two convicts were sentenced capital punishment and eight others were convicted for life...

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