ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court currently has a total of 894 sanctioned positions, but 207 of these positions remain vacant and 687 employees were actively working as of September 25. Among these employees, 146 are not permanent but are being employed on a daily wage basis to cover different positions. Since January 2017, 84 new positions have been created.
Out of the 687 total staff members, a mere 45 are women in the Supreme Court, according to details shared. Furthermore, only two individuals with disabilities are employed by the apex court.
Out of the total number of females working in the apex court, which is 45,33 hold regular positions while 12 are contingent employees.
There are only two individuals with disabilities employed in both BS-12 and BS-4. Additionally, there are only two transgender individuals employed in BS-2.
At present, there is a grade-22 officer serving as the director general of the Monitoring Cell. Furthermore, there are two additional registrars working.
However, the position of the DG Human Rights Cell remains unoccupied. 139 naib qasids and 79 drivers are currently employed in the SC, out of a total of 149 sanctioned positions. Additionally, out of the 40 available positions, 37 individuals are currently serving as qasids.
Interestingly, the total number of SC judges is 17, out of which, 15 are currently serving. A three-judge bench of the Supreme Court headed by Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa, and comprising Justice Aminud Din Khan and Justice Athar Minallah, on October 15, ordered the SC Registrar to provide the information related to the Supreme Court staff to the petitioner within seven days.
Petitioner Mukhtar Ahmed Ali on April 10, 2019, invoking the Right of Access to Information Act, 2017, and Article 19-A of the Constitution had requested the apex court to provide details of the sanctioned strength of the SC, vacancies, female staff, persons with disabilities, number of transgender, and the detail of regular and daily wagers in the apex court.
Registrar Jazeela Aslam in a letter provided the detail to the petitioner.
Copyright Business Recorder, 2023
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