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Summary The Sindh High Court (SHC) transferred the cases of anti-terrorism courts to sessions court.
Lawyer Azra Iqbal filed an application in the SHC on behalf of his client Bilal Farooqi, a murder accused, maintaining that her client was waiting for a long time for trial but there were no judges appointed in anti-terrorism courts.She said that the sessions judge concerned was also not hearing the case and her client was suffering from this situation.Sindh Advocate General Shahadat Awan told the court that anti-terrorism courts were formed to dispense quick justice but there was a long queue of pending cases due to the non-appointment of judges in anti-terrorism courts.He requested the court to allow sessions court judges to hear the cases pending in anti-terrorism courts. The court ordered the sessions court judges to hear the cases pending in the anti-terrorism courts to speed up the process of justice.
