‘Till February, 131,319 cases were being heard by courts in Sindh’

Parliamentary affairs minister Nisar Khuhro tells PA the province requires more judges

and law officers to clear massive backlog of cases

The Sindh Assembly was informed on Monday that 131,319 cases were being heard by different courts in Sindh until February, 2016.

Provincial parliamentary affairs minister Nisar Ahmed Khuhro told the House during question hour that the province required more judges and law officers for speedy adjudication of the cases pending in courts.

The minister said there were 21 family courts in 24 districts of the province.

The lawmakers suggested that more family courts should be established in the province.

The provincial minister dispelled the impression that family courts were not functioning properly in the province. He added that the courts’ functioning and environment needed to be improved.

To a question, the minister said there was no complication or obstruction in the Guardian and Wards Act, 1890, which posed hindrances for parents in having possession of their children. Such complications, he added, were created as parties in such cases wanted such disputes to linger on.

The assembly also unanimously passed into law the Zulfiqarabad Development Authority (Amendment) Bill, 2016.

The parliamentary affairs minister informed the house that proposed the new city would cover two districts Thatta and Sujawal. As Sujawal was made a new district after the bifurcation of Thatta, there was need to incorporate the name of the new district i.e. Sujawal in the law concerning the development of Zulfiqarabad.