Overview
- The court set skeleton staffing for Wednesday in Islamabad, with other officers working from home and no adverse orders for absences in listed cases.
- A bench heard cases over secure video link as lawyers joined from Karachi, Quetta, and Hyderabad, and the court highlighted digital files, barcodes, e‑filing, and instant e‑orders as now in use.
- The new SOPs, issued Tuesday by Chief Justice Yahya Afridi, keep judicial work running during unforeseen public holidays with only essential staff unless the top judge directs otherwise.
- Urgent matters get priority under the framework, including family disputes, bail requests, criminal reviews, cases of prisoners over 80, restoration pleas, compromise petitions, and short‑question cases.
- To cut the backlog, at least 40% of every final cause list must be the oldest pending cases up to 2018, with special scheduling later in the week for lawyers traveling from Sindh and Balochistan, and an automated case‑fixing system with weekly and proposed monthly lists is being built as Islamabad tightens security for expected US–Iran talks.