STUNNING STATISTICS ABOUT JUDICIARY.........

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According to the reports appearing in local press, about four million cases were pending in different courts of Pakistan as of January 1, 2003. That is despite the fact that most of the crimes specially the minor ones are not reported and the police does not register FIR (First Information Report) for most crimes and complaints for criminal offenses...

Justice delayed is justice denied

In a seminar former chief Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid disclosed recently that there were 1.5 million cases pending in civil courts in Pakistan. He also said that in India 40 million cases were pending in courts and it would take 324 years to clear the backlog even if new cases were not registered in that country.

Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nazim Husain Siddiqui said at the Punjab Bar Council dinner recently that litigation in the country was on the increase mainly because socio-economic justice and rule of law were more or less absent. He cited the example of the institution of cases in the Supreme Court, which outnumbered the disposal rate during the year 2003 to substantiate what he said about the huge number of cases, both criminal and civil, pending with the apex court.

...Nations who negate the principles of justice and merit have to pay heavy price....Prison Conditions in India and Pakistan have been going from bad to worse as the number of prisoners continues to rise. Nearly 20 % prisoners are those who are under trials for the last many months and even years...120,000 to 250,000 other crimes were reported annually between 1981 and 1990. The actual incidence of crimes is considered much higher as majority of crimes are either not reported or the police does not register cases...

THIS IS A REALLY SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS............