Improving service: NAB asks SHC to appoint judges for accountability courts
Court sets up bench to hear 327 appeals against AC decisions.
Court sets up bench to hear 327 appeals against AC decisions. PHOTO: EXPRESS/FILE
KARACHI:
The National Accountability Bureau (Nab) has approached the high court to appoint presiding officers to two accountability courts in Sindh that are lying vacant, The Express Tribune learned on Wednesday.
According to sources, Nab Sindh chapter director-general Wajid Ali Durrani made this request at a meeting with the Sindh High Court chief justice Maqbool Baqar on Tuesday. Durrani informed Baqar that two accountability courts are lying vacant, as there are no presiding officers to conduct trials and decide the fate of the cases, said an official, adding that he requested the appointment of presiding officers.
Trial delays
According to Durrani, as many as 327 appeals, including 107 filed by Nab and 265 by the respondent parties, challenging the verdicts of the accountability courts, are pending with the high court.
The director-general submitted that Nab Sindh had instituted 506 references relating to corrupt practices with the accountability courts in the province. The accountability courts have decided 291 cases. “The courts convicted and sentenced the accused in 228 cases and acquitted the others in 131 cases.” He further informed that 216 cases are still pending trial.
SHC constitutes bench
Meanwhile, chief justice Baqar has constituted an appellate bench to hear and decide the appeals filed against the decisions of the special accountability courts in the province, a judicial officer wishing anonymity told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2013.
The National Accountability Bureau (Nab) has approached the high court to appoint presiding officers to two accountability courts in Sindh that are lying vacant, The Express Tribune learned on Wednesday.
According to sources, Nab Sindh chapter director-general Wajid Ali Durrani made this request at a meeting with the Sindh High Court chief justice Maqbool Baqar on Tuesday. Durrani informed Baqar that two accountability courts are lying vacant, as there are no presiding officers to conduct trials and decide the fate of the cases, said an official, adding that he requested the appointment of presiding officers.
Trial delays
According to Durrani, as many as 327 appeals, including 107 filed by Nab and 265 by the respondent parties, challenging the verdicts of the accountability courts, are pending with the high court.
The director-general submitted that Nab Sindh had instituted 506 references relating to corrupt practices with the accountability courts in the province. The accountability courts have decided 291 cases. “The courts convicted and sentenced the accused in 228 cases and acquitted the others in 131 cases.” He further informed that 216 cases are still pending trial.
SHC constitutes bench
Meanwhile, chief justice Baqar has constituted an appellate bench to hear and decide the appeals filed against the decisions of the special accountability courts in the province, a judicial officer wishing anonymity told The Express Tribune.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 15th, 2013.