Cases pending in all courts of Pakistan

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2,168,293 pending (criminal 749,448; civil 1,385,780) — Cases pending in all courts of Pakistan · 30 June 2026Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Bi-Annual Report of Judicial Statistics, January to June 2026 · 30 June 2026Source named — not yet verified

Source

Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, Bi-Annual Report of Judicial Statistics, January to June 2026 — https://ljcp.gov.pk/SiteImage/Misc/files/Summary%20Bi%20Annual.pdf. Matched to the source page by an automated research pass on 6 Oct 2026; not yet checked by a person..

What it proves

With over two million cases pending, slow justice weakens the certainty of punishment that deterrence theory relies on.

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