PAKISTAN: MODEL COURTS AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO SIX, RI TO 19 ACCUSED

In order to provide speedy justice and clear the massive backlog of cases, the Model Courts on 23 November 2019 awarded death sentence to six and Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) to 19 accused in cases of murder and drugs smuggling.
According to a handout issued in Rawalpindi, 465 model courts which had been set up across the country decided 1452 cases on 23 November.
182 Model Criminal courts disposed of 250 cases including 63 cases of murder and 187 narcotics.