The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday expressed concern over slow prosecution of narcotics cases and sought details of pending cases from the ANF at at the next date.
A division bench comprising Chief Justice Athar Minallah and Justice Saman Raffat Imtiaz heard the post-arrest bail of an accused.
Director Legal Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) appeared before the court. The petitioner's lawyer adopted the stance that 19 hearings had been completed but the two prosecution witnesses were not appearing before the trial court.
The chief justice expressed displeasure with the ANF and inquired about the appearances of prosecution witnesses.
The court instructed the ANF to prepare a schedule of cases and also present their complete details at the next hearing on September 15.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 7th, 2022.
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