LAHORE: Customs Taxation and Anti-Smuggling Court judge Khaqan Babar has taken charge of his new assignment on Tuesday and started hearing of the cases.
On his first day in the court, he presided over a meeting with his staff and directed all the staff members to work with honesty and dedication.
He said that court will start functioning with full passion to decrease the number of cases which are pending in the court for many months. Khaqan Babar has also directed his staff to speed up their work so that minor cases can be closed before Eidul Fitr.
It is pertinent to mention here that post of customs taxation and anti smuggling judge was vacant since last three months.
On other hand on Tuesday during the hearing of most of the cases, the counsels for the accused requested the court to postpone the hearing of their respective cases for preparation of arguments on which the court adjourned the hearings for different dates.
According to the cause list, three out of 16 cases were fixed for formal hearing of accused namely Shehzad, Abdullah and Tariq and others.
