Courts run on the taxes of those who don't have money for medicine," Chief Justice Peshawar High Court

The inaugural ceremony of the Peshawar High Court's judicial year 2026-27 was held in courtroom No. 1, in which Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice S M Atiq Shah and other judges participated, while Peshawar High Court Bar, Additional Attorney General, KP Bar Council, and Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa also participated.

Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while addressing the ceremony, said that the issue of lawyers' car parking will be resolved soon. He said that efforts are also underway for a Law University and this year, Insha Allah, the Law University will be established.

The Advocate General said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has limited financial resources. There has been no NFC after the 7th NFC; if the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government gets its share in the NFC, many problems will be solved.

He requested the Peshawar High Court to fix for hearing the petition related to the NFC Award. He said that getting the province's share in the NFC will help solve many problems.

Chief Justice Peshawar High Court Justice S M Atiq Shah, while addressing the ceremony, said that the rate of appearance of witnesses in Mardan remained 96%. Courts have been converted to digital system and digital record management has also been introduced.

He said that 1,079 applications were received in the Human Rights Cell of Peshawar High Court. 7 double division courts have been established in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Bannu, and Swat. Justice S M Atiq Shah said that budget allocation for courts in ADP has been increased from Rs 2 billion to Rs 6 billion.

The Chief Justice said that one day's expense of the court in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is Rs 120 million. He said that one day of boycott of courts wastes Rs 120 million of the public. The Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court said that those who don't have money for medicine, courts run on their taxes, so it is our responsibility to provide justice to the poor people.

He said that 38,000 cases were disposed of in the last judicial year. Thousands of cases' pendency was ended in the last judicial year, which led to progress in judicial affairs.