Majority of criminal trials cancelled for third day
15 May 2014, 7:44 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
Majority of criminal trials have been cancelled for the third day over legal issues caused by an ongoing leadership vacuum at the independent Prosecutor General’s (PG) Office.
State prosecutors ended a weeklong strike on Tuesday and started attending trials following a Supreme Court ruling, but the majority of hearings were cancelled for the third day today as courts remain unclear on how to interpret the ruling.
The strike came in response to acting PG Hussein Shameem’s resignation and brought the criminal justice system to a halt.
Prosecutors said they were in a “legal void” and expressed concern over lack of accountability in the absence of a PG or deputy PG.
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