Health, Law Minister review terms and conditions of chairmen of Punjab Drug Courts   

LAHORE: The high-level meeting chaired by Raja Muhammad Basharat, Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, reviewed the terms and conditions for six chairmen of Punjab Drug Courts.   

Dr Yasmeen Rashid, Minister of Health, Punjab, along with law, prosecution and finance departments' secretaries and senior judicial officers, attended the meeting.  

Raja Basharat directed that the orders of the Lahore High Court should be followed while reviewing the terms and conditions. He said the approval was given for setting up six drug courts in the province.  

Under the decision, drug courts were set up in Lahore, Gujranwala, Rawalpindi, Faisalabad, Multan and Bahawalpur. He said the Chairman, Drug Court, qualifications should be equal to those of a High Court judge. In this regard, they would take guidance only from the court decision. He directed the secretaries of finance and law departments to submit the final recommendations for early approval.  

Dr Yasmeen Rashid stated that drug courts work under the administrative control of the department of primary health. The ambiguity in terms of employment of the chairman drug courts would be removed.  

She agreed with the law minister that the terms and conditions for chairman drug court should be finalised under the directions of the honourable court.