Court security: Early appointment of prosecutor general urged

The office has been vacant for the last 5 months. PHOTO:FILE 

LAHORE:  Lahore High Court Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial on Thursday took notice of the vacant office of the Punjab prosecutor general and directed the government to fill the vacancy by March 13.

He was heading a special division bench hearing a petition questioning inadequate security measures for courts.
Additional Prosecutor General Mazhar Sher Awan told the court that the office of the Punjab prosecutor general had been lying vacant for the last five months.
“I wonder how the Prosecution Department has been functioning without a head,” the chief justice remarked.
He said the court would pass an order in this regard if the government failed to appoint the prosecutor general by the next hearing.
The judge directed the additional prosecutor general to submit a progress report about implementation of the memorandum of understanding signed between the Police and the Prosecution Departments.