--- title: "Lahore assigns 14 additional sessions judges amid surge in drug cases" description: "Most outlets reported the assignment of 14 additional sessions judges in Lahore to handle a surge in drug-related cases. 24 News HD and Abb Takk News both highlighted the increase in case filings as the primary context, with Abb Takk News adding that between 200 and 300 cases had been transferred to each court for regular hearings. Coverage was largely consistent in framing the move as a response to the rising caseload." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15474-lahore-deploys-14-additional-judges-to-tackle-rising-drug site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Lahore assigns 14 additional sessions judges amid surge in drug cases pakistan · updated 20 Oct 2026, 6:48 PM PKT · 20 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the assignment of 14 additional sessions judges in Lahore to handle a surge in drug-related cases. 24 News HD and Abb Takk News both highlighted the increase in case filings as the primary context, with Abb Takk News adding that between 200 and 300 cases had been transferred to each court for regular hearings. Coverage was largely consistent in framing the move as a response to the rising caseload. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Abb Takk News** — [Lahore deploys 14 additional judges to tackle rising drug cases](https://abbtakk.tv/lahore-deploys-14-additional-judges-to-tackle-rising-drug-cases/) · 20 Oct 2026, 6:48 PM PKT > LAHORE: The Lahore Sessions Court has assigned 14 additional sessions judges to hear drug-related cases as filings reach record levels. Between 200 and 300 cases have been transferred to each court, where regular hearings are now taking place. Courts handling narcotics cases under the sessions court are reportedly sentencing two... - **24 News HD** — [Lahore assigns 14 additional sessions judges amid surge in drug cases](https://www.24newshd.tv/20-Oct-2026/lahore-assigns-14-additional-sessions-judges-amid-surge-drug-cases) · 20 Oct 2026, 6:27 PM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing > The Lahore sessions judge has assigned 14 additional sessions judges to hear drug-related cases following a record increase in the filing of such cases. 2 articles from 2 outlets, 20 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.