Conditions for entry of journalists to the Supreme Court continued, new restrictions were imposed

  The Supreme Court issued guidelines for court reporters on entry into the building. According to the details, in the statement issued by the Supreme Court spokesperson, it has been said that these instructions have been issued with the permission of the Registrar Supreme Court, Jazeela Islam, according to which a reporter from an institution in the courtroom in the hearing of important cases in the Supreme Court. will be allowed to go, only beat reporters will be allowed to enter the Supreme Court on behalf of institutions.

It has been learned from the declaration that it will be necessary to cooperate with the security staff for the search at the time of entering the Supreme Court, any kind of recording including YouTube program has been banned inside the Supreme Court building, any kind of recording in the Supreme Court building Recording, including recording of YouTube programs, is prohibited.During major cases, appropriate arrangements will be made for reporters to view the proceedings in the rest of the courtroom.

Apart from this, the quarterly report released by the Supreme Court has stated that the report of the first three months has been issued after the Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faiz Isa took oath as the Chief Justice, from September 17, 2023 to December 16, 2023. During this period, the Supreme Court has disposed of 5 thousand 305 cases while 4 thousand 466 new cases were filed in the Supreme Court during this period.

The report says that on September 17, 2023, there were 56,503 pending cases in the Supreme Court, but by December 16, 2023, the pending cases were reduced to 55,644. Ensured hearing of maximum number of cases as a result of which the number of cases pending in the Supreme Court has been reduced by 859 in a short span of three months.