Fact 1: Pakistan’s judicial backlog exceeds 2.2 million cases across the Supreme Court, high courts, and district courts. Fact 2: A civil or commercial case routinely takes 3 to 5 years. Land and inheritance disputes can stretch 10–20 years, often across multiple generations. Fact 3: Enforcing a contract in Pakistan requires 1,071 days on average — almost 3 years — compared with 164 days in Singapore and 425 days in South Asia overall.

The World Bank estimates that judicial inefficiencies cost Pakistan 1.5–2 percent of GDP every year — roughly $6–8 billion annually. The economic drag comes from three sources: stalled contracts, frozen investments, and delayed dispute resolution. At present, the Supreme Court hears everything — bail, taxes, land, mining, energy tariffs, IPPs, commercial contracts, and constitutional........

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