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Chapter 8

DISTRICT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR

The prosecution services in the country used to be part of the police until
2002, comprising law graduates of the ranks of sub-inspector, inspector and
deputy superintendent. After the promulgation of the Police Order 2002,
these services were separated from the police and brought under the
respective law departments of the provinces. Within the next few years, all
the four provinces had established their own prosecution departments. In
2006, the Punjab Criminal Prosecution Service (Constitution, Functions and
Powers) Act 2006 paved the way for a separate and independent Prosecution
Department in Punjab. its office was established in Muzaffargarh in 2007,
and Ch. Nisar-ul-Haq was appointed as the first District Public Prosecutor.
At present, there are 20 public prosecutors serving in the district, i.e. the
District Public Prosecutor assisted by 8 Deputy District Public Prosecutors,
and 11 Assistant District Public Prosecutors, among whom 2 are women.

The over-all workload/performance of the office of the District Public
Prosecutor Muzaffargarh during 2019 remained as under:

Number of FIRs Number of challans Number of challans Number of cases decided
registered submitted to the courts declared not fit for trial
10918 5290 326 4217

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