ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday directed the federal government to submit its response on a petition filed in the court seeking judicial reforms for swift justice. A three-member SC bench headed by Chief Justice (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, was hearing the petition that called for the use of judicial activism to institutionally overhaul the country’s delay-ridden judicial system. Over the course of the hearing, the CJP observed that the judiciary was in desperate need of basic judicial reforms, which were only possible with legislation to this effect. The CJP, however, admitted that there were still things that courts could manage on their own to improve the judicial system. Among these cases 38,539 are pending in the SC, 147, 542 in the LHC, 93,335 with the Sindh High Court, 30,764 with the Peshawar High Court, 6,030 in the Balochistan High Court, and 16,278 in the Islamabad High Court.

Source: Pakistan Today February 19, 2018 13:30 UTC