F.P. Report
PESHAWAR: Peshawar High Court set foot on the realm of remote connectivity by ensuring remote video linkage with and from its benches and District Judiciary throughout the province.
A simple but dignified inaugural ceremony was held at the Principal Seat, participated through video link by Benches and District Courts throughout KPK. It was indeed a mammoth step of what started with two virtual benches at Kohat and Mardan.
In a record short span of time the Virtual Benches and remote access points throughout KP were established, the human resource was trained and deployed. Speaking at the occasion Judge In-charge IT Mr. Justice Rooh-ul-Amin Khan, Senior Puisne Judge expressed his heartiest congratulations to the team for making it possible.
The Senior Puisne Judge said that all efforts are being focused on ensuring that courts are benefited from ICT gadgetry so that speedy & inexpensive justice is ensured. Senior Judges of Circuit Benches namely Justice Mohammad Ibrahim Khan, Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, Justice Abdul Shakoor and Justice Sahibzada Asadullah congratulated the Chief Justice for ensuring justice at door step through video linkages of courts.
They were of the view that in this post Covid-19 world; the significance of remote accessibility has gained manifold importance.
Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan, Chief Justice Peshawar High Court in his speech congratulated his fellow judges, his officers and experts for turning dream into a reality.
His lordship expressed his intention to deploy the indigenous application devised by the MIS Branch of this Court to all courts of KP thus his dream of establishment paperless Courts shall be materialized in shortest span of time. He pressed upon the Bar to avail this golden handy facility which has been provided to them in such a manner as to ensure that justice at door step is provided to the poor and downtrodden litigants.
Earlier Khawaja Wajih-ud-Din, Registrar of this Court welcome the participants and in his briefing reported that there are 34 remote access points besides 17 virtual courts and benches throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
