Nearly 1,700 magisterial inquiries are pending, one since 1979

The number of pending magisterial inquiries stands at 1,698, Justice Minister Jonathan Attard has told parliament.One of those inquiries goes back to 1979, according to information tabled in reply to a parliamentary question by Nationalist MP Jerome Caruana Cilia.One inquiry is also still pending from each of the years 1992, 1991, 1990, 1988 and 1989.Four...