LAHORE: An additional sessions court has issued arrest warrants for 50 Lahore police personnel belonging to 20 police stations for repeatedly failing to appear as witnesses in murder cases.
Additional Sessions Judge Shabrez Akhtar Raja issued the warrants on Friday, directing the relevant police stations to ensure the attendance of the officials on their scheduled hearing dates to facilitate the timely conclusion of murder trials.
The police stations whose personnel were summoned include Batapur, Sunder, Shadbagh, Manga Mandi, Kahna, Nawab Town, Defence C, Kot Lakhpat, Ghalib Market and Nishter Colony, among others.
At present, 10 courts at the Lahore Sessions Court are conducting murder trials, while five to six courts are dealing with other serious criminal cases.
The higher judiciary has already instructed courts handling murder trials to give priority to older pending cases and accelerate proceedings to ensure their early disposal.
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