Their strength stands at 60 in the Lahore High Court, 40 in the High Court of Sindh, 20 in the Peshawar High Court, 11 in the High Court of Balochistan and 7 in the Islamabad High Court. Therefore, with deep respect to the observations of the Honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, mere increase in strength is not the solution. On the retirement of Chief Justice Iftikhar, his successors lost interest and the National Judicial Policy was discarded. The situation is worse in high courts and alarming in subordinate courts. To start with, perhaps, the National Judicial Policy can be dusted off and put to use.

Source: Pakistan Today April 10, 2019 18:00 UTC