SC gives one-month time to govt to set up 120 accountability courts
- Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed expressed displeasure over the government when the court was informed that no permanent law secretary has been appointed yet
(Karachi) The Supreme Court instructed the federal government to decide whether it will set up 120 more accountability courts to clear backlog of cases and gave it one-month time for the purpose.
During hearing, Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed expressed displeasure over the government when the court was informed that no permanent law secretary has been appointed yet.
The bench directed the government to appoint a permanent law secretary at the earliest.
At the start of the hearing, the SC inquired about progress thus far made on the establishment of 120 new NAB courts, to which additional attorney general Sohail Mahmood replied that a plan in this regard has been forwarded to Prime Minister Imran Khan for approval.
To a question about the proposed NAB rules, the prosecutor general informed that a draft of the rules had been sent to the Ministry of Law. He said the NAB chairman’s comments on swift disposal of cases has also been submitted to the court.
The court directed them to submit a progress report on next hearing to be fixed after a month.
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