22-08-2004

First court hearing through video link in Pakistan

via www.dailytimes.com.pk

A district and sessions court heard a bail application through a video linkup with Lahore Camp Jail for the first time in Pakistan on Saturday.

The defence and prosecution lawyers argued from the jail while District and Sessions Judge Abdus Salam Khawar watched them in his courtroom. Video cameras, television sets and modems were installed in both court and jail…