Supreme Court of Pakistan disposed of 1,453 cases during the month of February 2007 whereas 928 new cases were instituted. The Honourable Judges disposed off more cases in the previous month than the institutions, which is an expression of the competence and effectiveness of the Supreme Court.
The backlog in the apex court on February 1, 2007 was 1,0914 cases and 928 cases were instituted during the month. Thus the progressive total of cases as on February 28, 2007 comes to 11,842.
Following are the disposals of 1,453 cases during the month the backlog remains 10,389 on March 1,2007.
Details of institution and disposals of cases during the month of February 2007, are as under.

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Seat/Station       Institution    Disposal
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Islamabad                  403         710
Lahore                     327         669
Karachi                     67          70
Peshawar                   114           2
Quetta                      17           2
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Grand Total:               928        1453
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Various Benches of Supreme Court were constituted by the Chief Justice of Pakistan at the Principal Seat, Islamabad and Branch Registries at Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta to expedite the case hearings and clear the backlog. The apex court's strategy of preparing cause lists in advance and discouragement of adjournments has resulted in decrease of backlogs and accelerated the disposal of the cases.
Besides, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry took notices in a number of Human Rights violations on complaints received from the aggrieved persons and on press reports and passed appropriate orders to the concerned authorities. The Suo Moto action resulted in provision of quick relief to the common man.