PESHAWAR
Chief Justice Peshawar High Court (PHC) Justice Musarrat Hilali on Saturday paid a surprise visit to the Judicial Complex Swabi and sub-jails of Swabi and Charsadda.
Justice Musarrat Hilali during the visit got information regarding the court proceedings and interacted with the female litigants to learn about their problems.
She directed the District and Session Judge Swabi to deal with the matters of litigants efficiently and expedite the long pending family court cases.
PHC Chief Justice lauded the presence of female staffers at different sections including reader, computer operator and naib qasid.
Besides, she also met with bar representatives and visited Sub-Jail Swabi and expressed her satisfaction about general area hygiene, standard of food and space in the barracks.
Superintendent Jail apprised her about frequent electricity load shedding. The District and Session Judge was directed to take up the matter with PESCO for immediate resolution.
During a visit to Sub-jail Swabi her ladyship met with prisoners and listened to their problems regarding trials.
It was learnt that some prisoners were being interned in small and petty nature cases. She ordered the District and Session Judge Swabi for immediate remedial actions.
Instructions were issued to the Judicial Magistrate to conduct a Jail visit and decide petty nature cases at the earliest.
At Sub-Jail Charsadda, Chief Justice inspected all the barracks individually and found them overcrowded. Superintendent Jail and District and Session Judge Charsadda highlighted the need for acquisition of additional land to address the space challenge.
She assured to raise this critical point at appropriate forums. District and Session Judge Charsadda was ordered to enlist the problems brought out by the inmates, resolve petty nature cases on priority and arrange prosecutors for deserving cases.
Chief Justice Musarrat Hilali also visited the dispensary, expressed satisfaction over the arrangements of Jail Superintendent and instructed him to pay attention to the rights of the inmates.
