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Punjab Speaker Announces Rs100m for Kasur Bar ChambersPakistan
The Speaker said the Rs100 million grant would fund new chambers at the Kasur District Bar, as he pressed for wider judicial reforms to cut the backlog of pending cases.
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Punjab Assembly Speaker Malik Ahmad Khan has announced Rs100 million for the construction and beautification of lawyers’ chambers at the Kasur District Bar, calling for major judicial reforms to ensure speedy justice, 24News reported on Saturday.
Addressing lawyers in Kasur, the Speaker said millions of cases were pending in courts across the country, making reforms necessary to reduce delays and improve the justice system. He said the backlog of cases was one of the biggest challenges facing the judiciary, and that faster disposal of cases was essential if ordinary litigants were to get timely relief.
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He said important national discussions were underway on constitutional and judicial matters, including the separation of a constitutional court from the Supreme Court, the creation of new provinces and the establishment of more high court benches. The debate over new provinces has been a live one in recent days, with the Speaker himself explaining in recent interviews who holds the constitutional authority to create a new province and what role provincial assemblies and Parliament play in the process.
“Democracy is, by its very nature, a dialogue. Respecting different opinions and listening to others with patience are important democratic values,” he said, adding that disagreement should be handled through discussion rather than confrontation.
Malik Ahmad Khan expressed hope that the Kasur Bar would play an active role in discussions on judicial and constitutional reforms. He said the legal community had a direct stake in how the justice system worked, and that bar associations across the province should take part in the debate over reforms rather than leaving it to politicians alone.
Announcing the Rs100 million allocation, he said the funds had been jointly arranged by himself, Malik Rashid Ahmad Khan and Malik Ahmad Saeed Khan. The money will be used to build and improve chambers for lawyers practising at the Kasur District Bar, giving them better working facilities and more space to serve their clients.
The announcement was made during the Speaker’s visit to Kasur, where he met members of the District Bar and discussed issues facing the legal community and the justice system. Malik Muhammad Ahmad Khan is the Speaker of the Punjab Assembly, and the Assembly’s 47th session has been summoned for Monday, 16 November, with him presiding over it, according to an official notification reported earlier this week.
The Speaker said the grant for Kasur was part of a wider effort to support the legal profession and strengthen the institutions that deliver justice. He told the lawyers that their role in upholding the rule of law was central to the functioning of democracy, and that improving their working conditions was a step towards a more effective justice system for the people of Kasur and the wider province.
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