However, the court’s website says that around 200,703 cases are pending in lower courts with judicial officials noting that the backlog has increased in recent years when compared to the past. A break up of the figures show that the biggest backlog of cases is for civil cases with 108,162 cases pending. Peshawar has the largest backlog of cases with 27,910 cases pending trial in its 49 courts until June. On average, there are around 570 cases pending in each Peshawar court. Of the total cases pending in the provincial capital, 15,164 are civil cases while 12,746 were criminal cases.

Source: The Express Tribune September 10, 2018 05:26 UTC