Chief Justice Peshawar High Court SM Atiq Shah has said that in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 12 crores of rupees are spent daily on the expenses of the courts, therefore, 12 crores of public money is wasted by a 1-day boycott of the courts.

Speaking at the ceremony, the Chief Justice said that the attendance rate of witnesses in the courts in Mardan was 96 percent while 38 thousand cases were disposed of during the last judicial year and thousands of pending cases were disposed of.

He said that the digital record management system has been introduced in the courts while the human rights cell of Peshawar High Court has received 1 thousand 79 applications.

According to the Chief Justice, 7 such courts have been established in Peshawar, Abbottabad, Bannu and Swat which work in 2 shifts.

The annual development program budget for the courts has been increased from Rs.2 billion to Rs.6 billion.

Justice SM Atiq Shah has said that the courts are run by the taxes of those who do not have money to buy medicine, it is the responsibility of the judiciary to provide justice to the poor people.