Child marriage and religious thought
Opinion
The writer is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
Enactment and enforcement of legislation against child marriage has repeatedly run into resistance that claims religious authority. Overcoming this resistance will require a wider intellectual engagement with the foundations and structure of religious thought. Consider.
The latest report on Pakistan, based on figures contained in the Unicef database 2016, issued by the Center for Reproductive Rights makes for grim reading: “Child marriage in Pakistan constitutes an ongoing human rights violation on a large scale. Pakistan ranks sixth in the world in terms of the highest absolute numbers of child marriage. Twenty-one percent of girls in Pakistan are married by the age of 18. While child marriage affects both boys and girls in Pakistan, girls are disproportionately affected.”
Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed chairs a meeting of the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) at the Supreme Court building on Wednesday. PID
ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed on Wednesday directed the high courts to take necessary steps for timely disposal of cases to eliminate their backlog.
He issued the directive during a meeting of the National Judicial (Policy Making) Committee (NJPMC) at the Supreme Court building.
Currently the country’s superior judiciary is facing a backlog of 377,380 cases whereas the district judiciary is burdened with 1.8 million cases.
During the meeting, which was attended by the chief justices of the high courts and judges of the Federal Shariat Court, the chief justice of Pakistan observed that the Covid-19 pandemic had affected all spheres of life, but the judiciary took preventive measures for safeguarding judges, lawyers and litigants.
NJPMC directs high courts to timely dispose of cases
National
December 24, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) on Wednesday directed all the high courts to take necessary action for timely disposal of cases with speedy trial in order to curtail the backlog of cases.
The direction was given during a meeting of the NJPMC chaired by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chairman NJPMC. On special invitation, the meeting was attended through video link by Justice Mushir Alam, and Justice Umar Ata Bandial. During the meeting, the Chief Justice of Pakistan pointed out that in order to curtail the backlog of cases, all the high courts must take necessary actions for timely disposal of cases and the respective chief justices should assure efforts to eliminate the backlog.
NJPMC directs high courts for timely disposal of cases
National
December 24, 2020
ISLAMABAD: The National Judicial Policy Making Committee (NJPMC) on Wednesday directed all the high courts to take necessary action for timely disposal of cases with speedy trial in order to curtail the backlog of cases.
The direction was given during a meeting of the NJPMC chaired by Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Chief Justice of Pakistan and Chairman NJPMC. On special invitation, the meeting was attended through video link by Justice Mushir Alam, and Justice Umar Ata Bandial. During the meeting, the Chief Justice of Pakistan pointed out that in order to curtail the backlog of cases, all the high courts must take necessary actions for timely disposal of cases and the respective chief justices should assure efforts to eliminate the backlog.
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