The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has decided a total of 9,105 cases in 2008, after formally started its functioning in the same year. A total of 10,498 new cases were instituted during last ten months whereas backlog stood at 8,094 on January 1, 2009. After its establishment, a total of 6,701 old cases were transferred from Lahore High Court, Rawalpindi bench.
"The prime focus was to decide the old transferred cases up till 2006, besides, most important new ones," Ejaz Ahmed, Secretary to Chief Justice IHC told APP.
A number of important cases, which were decided include fixing of land acquisition period, bail matters of Maulana Abdul Aziz, Shahid Jamil former minister for state, owner of collapsed Margalla Towers, elections matters of various constituencies including NA-41 Wana, NA-49 Islamabad and others, habeas corpus pleas over Dr AQ Khan, Dr Afia's extradition to US, pleas against number of Supreme Court judges, Presidential Elections-2008, presidential candidates, military operations in FATA, regularisation of dozens of contract teachers, lecturers, Munda Hydro Project, Northern Areas Legislative Assembly status, power tariff, petroleum products hike, load shedding, appointment of former governor of State Bank of Pakistan, promotion of senior police officers, Pakistani prisoners inside Afghanistan, Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao former interior minister's pleas against NAB and others.