Over 9,000 cases of different ministries are pending in various courts based in the federal capital. This was said on Thursday by Farooq H Naek, minister for Law and Justice, in response to a question from Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmaker Anusha Rahman Khan during the question hour session.
The minister told the house that 9,588 cases filed by or against different ministries are pending in different courts, including 931 pending cases before the Supreme Court (SC), 2,321 in the district courts, 179 in the Federal Service Tribunal (FST), and a whopping 6,157 before the Islamabad High Court (IHC). It is notable though that in most of the cases pending in the IHC, different ministers are listed as respondents.
Similarly, Naek admitted that 55 judicial posts in Islamabad’s courts remain vacant, saying this is because a purpose-built district courthouse has still not been set up.
The minister also stated that nine posts for district and sessions judges in the city district court remain vacant. There are 15 sanctioned posts for judges in the District and Sessions court, only six of which are currently occupied. At the additional district and sessions judge level, only 14 of the 30 sanctioned posts have been filled.
Another four posts are vacant for senior civil judges, with only two judges currently tasked with the work of six. Another 20 vacancies are at magistrate level, where only 30 of 50 sanctioned posts have been filled.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 18th, 2012.
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