"According to a 2002 survey, 96 percent of respondents who had contact with the lower courts had encountered corrupt practices, mainly by court officials.
In Punjab, more than 770,000 civil and criminal cases are pending (2007).
English is the official language of the justice system even though 98 percent of the population do not understand it. The poor in villages turn instead to the local panchayat, an informal system of dispute resolution.
English is the official language of the justice system even though 98 percent of the population do not understand it. The poor in villages turn instead to the local panchayat, an informal system of dispute resolution.
While the Supreme Judicial Council, the judiciary’s highest disciplinary body, is willing to accept ‘information’ about the corruption of judges from the police and media, it reserves the right to take ‘direct action’ against the originator of any complaint that it finds ‘false, frivolous, concocted or untrue’. This paves the way for corrupt judges to escape scrutiny and disciplinary action.
The judicial reform programme fails to address the opaque appointment and promotion system for judges. The government’s unwillingness to provide increased resources to improve salaries and infrastructure also reduces the impact of reforms. " www.transparency.org
"Ratio of cases pending in NWFP courts since November 3, 2007 has doubled due to the lawyers’ movement for restoration of the pre-November 3 judiciary.The total number of cases pending at the Supreme Court Peshawar and Federal Shariat Court Peshawar benches, Peshawar High Court (PHC), and subordinate courts has risen to 42,667 since November 3, 2007." www.dailytimes.com.pk (Friday, March 28, 2008)
"The fate of over 66,000 criminal cases pending in different courts across the province [sindh]" Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid, Supreme Court of Pakistan (retired) & Professor Akmal Wasim, Hamdard University, Pakistan
"The Court exercises original jurisdiction in the enforcement of Fundamental Rights and appellate jurisdiction in judgments/orders of the subordinate courts in civil and criminal matters. A large number of cases are pending in various High Courts. In the Lahore High Court, a total of 75,195 cases, in the High Court of Sindh, 27,291 cases, in Peshawar High Court, 13,610 cases and in the High Court of Balochistan, 2445 cases were pending on 1st January 2007.
There is a backlog of civil and criminal cases at the level of subordinate judiciary in all provinces. On 1st January 2007, in the Province of the Punjab, the number of cases pending was 110,546. In the Province of Sindh, the number of pending cases was 123,663, in NWFP, the figure was 37,000 whereas in Balochistan, it was 8377. The Province of Sindh perhaps presents the worst scenario, but the other provinces particularly Punjab and NWFP also have huge arrears." Dr Faqir Hussain, Registrar, Supreme Court of Pakistan
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