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THE JUDICIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
The courts of the District Judiciary are currently housed in Deputy
Commissioner Office Complex. However, the case of construction of a
Judicial Complex at a land piece measuring 734 kanals 12 marlas, situated
in Rakh Khanpur on DG Khan Road is being processed. The total rough cost
has been estimated at 1269.478 million.

The Judicial Complexes have also been constructed in Tehsil Jatoi in 2008,
in Tehsil Kot Addu in 2012, and in Tehsil Alipur in 2013. The Judicial
Complex of Tehsil Kot Addu, however, has not become functional yet.

The Sessions House was located near DPO House previously and was shifted
to its present location, in front of the Muzaffargarh House, i.e. the residence
of the Deputy Commissioner, in 2005.

THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS

The history of District Bar Muzaffargarh can be traced as far back as 1929
when 4 advocates were working here. Today, the number of lawyers enrolled
has reached at 1131. At present, Mian Ehsan Karim Qureshi is the senior
most advocate who was enrolled on November 28, 1956. The first body of the
District Bar was formed in 1951 with Malik Qadir Bakhsh as President and
Malik Rehmat Ali Alvi as General Secretary.

In addition to the District Bar Association, the numbers of enrolled members
at Tehsil Bar Associations of Kot Addu, Alipur and Jatoi are 465, 475 and
150 respectively.

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