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Town Court

Justice forms  an important pillar of any state, but it stands rather shaky in Pakistan for as long as its history. Like many other  developing countries , Pakistan is facing a judicial crisis, ranging from Musharaf’s treason case to parallel obsolete form of illegal judicial system of Jirgas . A number of victims and hundreds of thousands cases are still pending. And we are hearing a famous dialogue of Hindi Movie ‘ Damini’ ‘Tareekh pay Tareekh, Tareekh pay Tareekh’. We often curse the rotten judiciary system of Pakistan. Every victim is pleading to Chief Justice of Pakistan, as if he is a super hero who will solve every case with a  magic wand . We stay ignorant of the fact that the basic unit of  law enforcement  is the police station, while local bodies stand as nurseries of a democratic system. So why can’t be ‘ Town Court ’ for judicial system? Karachi, for example, comprise of 110 police stations divided into 10 Police Division, in which several misdemeanor crimes are