Punjab establishes Rs three billion forensic science laboratory

The Punjab Government has established a state of the art forensic science laboratory at a cost of Rs three billion in Lahore to get flawless evidences for improving the criminal justice system in the province. This was stated by the Special Assistant to Chief Minister Punjab and former IG Police Rana Maqbool Ahmad while addressing a conference on "Significance of Independent Prosecution Service" here today.
He said that PC-I for the computerisation of Prosecution Department has been approved. Prosecutors will be provided with Laptops all over Punjab for smooth working as the process of accountability and scrutiny will improve through this step. The law provides authority to a prosecutor to dismiss a case if it is not trial worthy or false. Maqbool said it is Punjab governments' mission to rebuild peoples trust in public prosecutors. Co-operation between police and prosecutors will help in bringing the criminals to their logical end. He said department is establishing a Prosecution Help Line for increasing the co-ordination with masses. Prosecution is a mission and prosecutors are not there just to convict the criminal but they have to rescue the innocent as well.
The seminar was co-arranged by Punjab Prosecution Service, Centre for Research and Security Studies and GIZ. Secretary Prosecution Nadeem Irshad Kiani, Senior Journalist Mujeeb Ur Rehman Shami, District and Session Judge Hamid Shah, senior columnist Mian Saif Ur Rahman, Professor Humayon Ehsan, Imtiaz Gul, Prosecutor General Punjab Asjad Javed, Salman Abid, Prosecutors and students participated in the conference. Mujeeb Ur Rehman Shami said that after judicial movement a new movement was required for independence of Police and Prosecution. Only departments free from all sorts of pressures can perform up to the mark.
Secretary Prosecution Nadeem Irshad Kiani said the prosecutor should be the in-charge of investigation and the Prosecutors are instructed to check the trial worthiness of cases at the initial stages. District and session judge Hamid Shah said that many criminals escape punishment due to lack of concrete evidence and flawed investigation. Humayon Ehsan said that it is need of the hour to strengthen the Iron Fist of Prosecution. Imtiaz Gul said that Rule of Law is the basis of a democratic society.