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ISLAMABAD, Jan 27 (APP):The Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani on Tuesday remarked that just as the population has increased, the NCCIA will also have to increase the number of its prosecutors.
During the hearing on the issue of adjournment of cases due to unavailability of NCCIA prosecutors in the Islamabad High Court, Additional DG NCCIA Arif Shahbaz appeared before the court of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani.
The court asked the Additional DG how many prosecutors do you have? To which the officials replied that we have 9 people, there is only one post in Islamabad, while 200 cases are being registered in the federal capital every month.
Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani said that there will be 15,000 cases in all the courts, there are witnesses in the trial court, there is a lawyer, but your prosecutor is not present, due to which the trial is not progressing. Due to the absence of the prosecutor, statements are not being written in the trial court. Just as the population has increased, you will also have to increase the number of prosecutors.
NCCIA officials said that we are increasing this number and are also taking them on deputation.
NCCIA officials told the court that we have registered a total of 367 blasphemy cases.