52450 cases have been pending only in the Supreme Court of Pakistan for several years: Irfan Siddiqui  

ISLAMABAD, July 3 (SABAH): Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Senator Irfan Siddiqui has said that there are 53936 prisoners only in Punjab’s jails while majority of them has been waiting for the judgments of their cases.

In a statement issued here on Twitter, Senator Irfan Siddiqui said among those prisoners that there are 944 women along with their 133 innocent babies. Another 703 young boys who have kept in different jails, are waiting for the decisions of the cases against them, he revealed.

On the other side, he said that 52450 cases have been pending only in the Supreme Court of Pakistan for several years and added despite the fact courts closed for three months regarding summer vacations after got wind of 20 percent raise in their salaries.