PAKISTAN’S courts are quick to remind the public that justice takes time. Increasingly, however, it is the conduct of the judiciary itself that appears to be slowing the process. Delays caused by unavailable benches, repeated adjournments and fixation on procedure are becoming routine. A recent example is the appeal of former lecturer Junaid Hafeez against his death sentence in a blasphemy case. Despite being placed on the Lahore High Court’s red cause list for priority hearing, the matter was again deferred last week after the........

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