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The National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) has been informed that a total of 82,599 under trial prisoners (UTPs) are currently detained in different jails of the country.
The NJPMC met on Wednesday under the chairmanship of the chief justice of Pakistan (CJP), Yahya Afridi. Chief justices of all high courts attended the meeting. Interestingly, Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) Chief Justice Amin-ud-Din Khan has not yet been made part of the NJPMC.
During the meeting, the committee was informed that the total number of UTPs all over the country is 82,599. Out of them, 2,470 under trial prisoners are confined for more than three years.
The NJPMC unanimously decided to put UTP cases, pending for more than three years, on fast-track and ordered trial courts to decide such cases wi
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