11th provincial justice committee meeting
The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) Justice Musarrat Hilali on Friday chaired the 11th Provincial Justice Committee (PJC) meeting at the PJC Secretariat, PHC here.
The committee reviewed the implementation status of the decisions taken in the previous meeting and the chair expressed satisfaction with the implementation of the decisions.
A press release issued here on Friday said that directions were issued to departments regarding decisions partially implemented.
The Committee was informed that land at Hayatabad had been earmarked and possessed by the Home Department where after the release of funds by the concerned department, a state-of-the-art Forensic Science Laboratory would be established in a phase-wise manner.
The Offenders’ Management System and data integration of Justice Sector Stakeholders were also on the agenda.
The Committee was apprised that a Technical Working Group (TWG) was constituted in this regard where after deliberations and meetings, certain recommendations were made regarding data entry of all the documents in the public domain by the Police Department.
It was said that the IT Wing of the Peshawar High Court would ensure the introduction of the feature of accessibility of data to the presiding officers of the courts and it would work on introducing modules of police, prosecution, and prisons with a case flow management and information system while the prisons department would give regular updates on the deployment of the new software.
Regarding the simplification of inter-provincial transfer of accused persons, the Advocate General and Secretary Home informed the Committee that the requisite data had been shared with the Ministry of Interior for further process.
The representative of the P&D, Peshawar High Court, stated that the acquisition of land for the construction of Judicial Complexes at Newly Merged Districts is smooth, however, the allocation of funds was the need of the day.
The establishment of Shelter Homes and Dar-ul-Aman also came under discussion. The Secretary of Social Welfare informed that the Shelter Homes had been established and working on a regular basis in eight districts while for capacity enhancement of Dar-ul-Aman, one each in Peshawar, Mardan, Haripur, Abbottabad, Mansehra, and Swat were reflected in ADP 2022-23.
Regarding the establishment of a facility at district DI Khan, it was directed that the bottlenecks shall be removed and in this respect, the Advocate General will coordinate with the concerned department. —APP
