LAHORE: The Lahore Sessions Court has assigned 14 additional sessions judges to hear drug-related cases as filings reach record levels.
Between 200 and 300 cases have been transferred to each court, where regular hearings are now taking place. Courts handling narcotics cases under the sessions court are reportedly sentencing two to three people each day.
In recent rulings, Additional Sessions Judge Nadeem Sukhera sentenced Nawaz, convicted in a drug case, to 14 years in prison and fined him Rs500,000.
In a separate case, Sukhera sentenced Naveed and Nadeem to 10 years in prison each and imposed a fine of Rs300,000 on each convict.
