The Punjab government has decided to establish Musalihat Anjumans at Union Council (UC) level for providing speedy and inexpensive justice to the masses at their doorstep.
Official sources told Business Recorder here on Sunday the concept of setting up of these Musalihat Anjumans (MAs) was to reduce the tendency of litigation and mutual disputes.
This forum will also help people avoiding long, complicated and costly litigation while women will be the prime beneficiaries of Musalihat Anjumans (MAs) because they usually cannot afford to travel long outside their villages to approach a civil or criminal court for redressal of their grievances. The government has directed all District Nazims of the Punjab to take proper and effective steps for the establishment and functioning of Musalihat Anjumans (MAs) at Union Council level in their respective districts. The regular functioning of these MAs will not only provide free of cost, simple and effective justice to the masses but also help reduce the burden of the courts.
Meanwhile, District Nazim Sialkot Muhammad Akmal Cheema said that adequate efforts were being made for the establishment of MAs at UC-level in the district at earliest possible. Akmal Cheema said that these Anjumans would be set up with the consultation of Union Council Nazims and influential in each union council of Sialkot district.
Undoubtedly, the regular functioning of Musalihat Anjumans would provide opportunity for the amicably settlement of mutual disputes like civil, criminal, revenue, family with their free consent he added.