Research · Pakistan
Court Benches and Statistics
Who is sitting on each of the eight courts in the judgment database, and what their published judgments show about how each court works.
Across all eight courts
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the eight courts in this database have published on their own public portals. The set covers 1980 to 2026 and holds 45,000+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters these courts handle. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent constitutional petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
By court
153 sitting judges across eight courts. Pick a court to read its bench and the statistics for its own published judgments.
Supreme Court of Pakistan
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Yahya Afridi | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Munib Akhtar | Judge |
| 3 | Justice Jamal Khan Mandokhail | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Ayesha Malik | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Shahid Waheed | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Irfan Saadat Khan | Judge |
| 8 | Justice Naeem Akhtar Afghan | Judge |
| 9 | Justice Malik Shehzad Ahmed Khan | Judge |
| 10 | Justice Aqeel Ahmed Abbasi | Judge |
| 11 | Justice Shahid Bilal Hassan | Judge |
| 12 | Justice Muhammad Hashim Kakar | Judge |
| 13 | Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui | Judge |
| 14 | Justice Salahuddin Panhwar | Judge |
| 15 | Justice Shakeel Ahmad | Judge |
| 16 | Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim | Judge |
| 17 | Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb | Judge |
| 18 | Justice Khalid Masud | Ad-hoc Judge |
| 19 | Justice Qibla Ayaz | Ad-hoc Judge |
The Supreme Court's own site does not serve its roster to us, so this list is built from public reporting rather than from the Court's page, and every departure on it is separately dated: two judges resigned on 14 November 2025 and one retired on 8 August 2026. The two Ad-hoc Judges sit on the Shariat Appellate Bench. Since the Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Act 2025 the Court's constitutional jurisdiction sits with the Federal Constitutional Court, and several judges moved there. Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Supreme Court of Pakistan has published on its public portal at www.supremecourt.gov.pk. The set covers 1991 to 2026 and holds 3,700+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Supreme Court of Pakistan handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent constitution petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Islamabad High Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Sardar Muhammad Sarfraz Dogar | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan | Senior Puisne Judge |
| 3 | Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Khadim Hussain Soomro | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Muhammad Azam Khan | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Muhammad Asif Reki | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Inaam Ameen Minhas | Judge |
| 8 | Justice Ayyaz Shaukat | Additional Judge |
| 9 | Justice Umair Majeed Malik | Additional Judge |
| 10 | Justice Shahrukh Arjumand | Additional Judge |
Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Islamabad High Court has published on its public portal at mis.ihc.gov.pk. The set covers 2008 to 2026 and holds 3,300+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Islamabad High Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent writ petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Federal Constitutional Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Aminuddin Khan | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi | Judge |
| 3 | Justice Aamer Farooq | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Ali Baqar Najafi | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Muhammad Karim Khan Agha | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Rozi Khan Barrech | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Arshad Hussain Shah | Judge |
The Court was created by the Constitution (Twenty-Seventh Amendment) Act 2025 and its first judges were appointed under Article 175A(3) read with Article 175C on 14 November 2025. Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Federal Constitutional Court has published on its public portal at www.fccp.gov.pk. The set covers 2025 to 2026 and holds 90+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Federal Constitutional Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent respondents
This court exercises no original constitutional jurisdiction of the kind that produces a standing government respondent, so there is no meaningful ranking to report.
Judgment volume by year
This set spans 2025 to 2026, which is too short a run to read as a trend. A chart over two years would describe when the court started publishing rather than how its work moved.
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Federal Shariat Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Iqbal Hameedur Rahman | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Dr. Syed Muhammad Anwer | Aalim Judge |
| 3 | Justice Khadim Hussain M. Shaikh | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Ameer Muhammad Khan | Judge |
Of the Court's eight seats, three are reserved for Ulema well versed in Islamic law. Four seats are presently filled. Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Federal Shariat Court has published on its public portal at www.federalshariatcourt.gov.pk. The set covers 1980 to 2026 and holds 880+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Federal Shariat Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent shariat petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Lahore High Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Aalia Neelum | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Abid Aziz Sheikh | Senior Puisne Judge |
| 3 | Justice Sadaqat Ali Khan | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Syed Shahbaz Ali Rizvi | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Faisal Zaman Khan | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Mirza Viqas Rauf | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Chaudhry Muhammad Iqbal | Judge |
| 8 | Justice Shehram Sarwar Chaudhary | Judge |
| 9 | Justice Muhammad Sajid Mehmood Sethi | Judge |
| 10 | Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani | Judge |
| 11 | Justice Tariq Saleem Sheikh | Judge |
| 12 | Justice Jawad Hassan | Judge |
| 13 | Justice Muzammil Akhtar Shabbir | Judge |
| 14 | Justice Farooq Haider | Judge |
| 15 | Justice Muhammad Waheed Khan | Judge |
| 16 | Justice Rasaal Hasan Syed | Judge |
| 17 | Justice Asim Hafeez | Judge |
| 18 | Justice Sadiq Mahmud Khurram | Judge |
| 19 | Justice Ahmad Nadeem Arshad | Judge |
| 20 | Justice Mohammad Tariq Nadim | Judge |
| 21 | Justice Mohammad Amjad Rafique | Judge |
| 22 | Justice Abid Hussain Chathha | Judge |
| 23 | Justice Anwaar Hussain | Judge |
| 24 | Justice Ali Zia Bajwa | Judge |
| 25 | Justice Sultan Tanvir Ahmed | Judge |
| 26 | Justice Muhammad Raza Qureshi | Judge |
| 27 | Justice Raheel Kamran Sheikh | Judge |
| 28 | Justice Hassan Nawaz Makhdoom | Judge |
| 29 | Justice Malik Waqar Haider Awan | Judge |
| 30 | Justice Sardar Akbar Ali | Judge |
| 31 | Justice Syed Ahsan Raza Kazmi | Judge |
| 32 | Justice Malik Javid Iqbal Wains | Judge |
| 33 | Justice Muhammad Jawad Zafar | Judge |
| 34 | Justice Khalid Ishaq | Judge |
| 35 | Justice Malik Muhammad Awais Khalid | Judge |
| 36 | Justice Ch Sultan Mahmood | Judge |
| 37 | Justice Tanveer Ahmad Sheikh | Judge |
| 38 | Justice Abher Gul Khan | Judge |
| 39 | Justice Tariq Mehmood Bajwa | Judge |
| 40 | Justice Ghulam Sarwar Nihung | Additional Judge |
| 41 | Justice Muhammad Ajmal Khan Zahid | Additional Judge |
| 42 | Justice Amir Ajam Malik | Additional Judge |
| 43 | Justice Shireen Imran | Additional Judge |
| 44 | Justice Asad Ali Bajwa | Additional Judge |
| 45 | Justice Muhammad Amjad Parvaiz | Additional Judge |
| 46 | Justice Khalid Ibn-i-Aziz | Additional Judge |
| 47 | Justice Munawar Iqbal Duggal | Additional Judge |
| 48 | Justice Syed Farhad Ali Shah | Additional Judge |
| 49 | Justice Muhammad Usman Ghani Rashid Cheema | Additional Judge |
The Court sits at its principal seat in Lahore and at the Rawalpindi, Multan and Bahawalpur benches; judges are assigned between them by the Chief Justice and the assignment is not reproduced here because it rotates. Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Lahore High Court has published on its public portal at sys.lhc.gov.pk. The set covers 2009 to 2026 and holds 9,500+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Lahore High Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent writ petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Peshawar High Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Syed Muhammad Attique Shah | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Ijaz Anwar | Senior Puisne Judge |
| 3 | Justice Syed Arshad Ali | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Sahibzada Asadullah | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Naeem Anwar | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Waqar Ahmed Khan | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Babar Sattar | Judge |
| 8 | Justice Kamran Hayat Miankhel | Judge |
| 9 | Justice Muhammad Ijaz Khan | Judge |
| 10 | Justice Muhammad Faheem Wali | Judge |
| 11 | Justice Dr. Khurshid Iqbal | Judge |
| 12 | Justice Muhammad Tariq Afridi | Additional Judge |
| 13 | Justice Abdul Fayyaz | Additional Judge |
| 14 | Justice Salah ud Din | Additional Judge |
| 15 | Justice Sadiq Ali | Additional Judge |
| 16 | Justice Syed Mudasser Ameer | Additional Judge |
| 17 | Justice Qazi Jawad Ehsanullah | Additional Judge |
| 18 | Justice Farah Jamshed | Additional Judge |
| 19 | Justice Inam Ullah Khan | Additional Judge |
| 20 | Justice Sabit Ullah Khan | Additional Judge |
| 21 | Justice Aurangzeb | Additional Judge |
Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Peshawar High Court has published on its public portal at www.peshawarhighcourt.gov.pk. The set covers 2009 to 2026 and holds 5,600+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Peshawar High Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent writ petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Sindh High Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Zafar Ahmed Rajput | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Muhammad Iqbal Kalhoro | Senior Puisne Judge |
| 3 | Justice Muhammad Faisal Kamal Alam | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Arshad Hussain Khan | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Muhammad Saleem Jessar | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Omar Sial | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Adnanul Karim Memon | Judge |
| 8 | Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed | Judge |
| 9 | Justice Shamsuddin Abbasi | Judge |
| 10 | Justice Amjad Ali Sahito | Judge |
| 11 | Justice Adnan Iqbal Chaudhry | Judge |
| 12 | Justice Agha Faisal | Judge |
| 13 | Justice Abdul Mobeen Lakho | Judge |
| 14 | Justice Zulfiqar Ali Sangi | Judge |
| 15 | Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz | Judge |
| 16 | Justice Amjad Ali Bohio | Judge |
| 17 | Justice Sana Akram Minhas | Judge |
| 18 | Justice Jawad Akbar Sarwana | Judge |
| 19 | Justice Muhammad Abdur Rahman | Judge |
| 20 | Justice Arbab Ali Hakro | Judge |
| 21 | Justice Miran Muhammad Shah | Judge |
| 22 | Justice Tasneem Sultana | Judge |
| 23 | Justice Riazat Ali Sahar | Judge |
| 24 | Justice Muhammad Hasan Akber | Judge |
| 25 | Justice Abdul Hamid Bhurgri | Judge |
| 26 | Justice Jan Ali Junejo | Judge |
| 27 | Justice Nisar Ahmed Bhanbhro | Judge |
| 28 | Justice Ali Haider Ada | Judge |
| 29 | Justice Muhammad Osman Ali Hadi | Judge |
| 30 | Justice Muhammad Jaffer Raza | Judge |
| 31 | Justice Khalid Hussain Shahani | Additional Judge |
| 32 | Justice Muhammad Humayon Khan | Additional Judge |
| 33 | Justice Suresh Kumar | Additional Judge |
| 34 | Justice Shah Nawaz Memon | Additional Judge |
Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Sindh High Court has published on its public portal at caselaw.shc.gov.pk. The set covers 2006 to 2026 and holds 11,200+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Sindh High Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent constitutional petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.
Balochistan High Court
| # | Name | Designation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice Muhammad Kamran Khan Mulakhail | Chief Justice |
| 2 | Justice Shaukat Ali Rakhshani | Senior Puisne Judge |
| 3 | Justice Gul Hassan Tareen | Judge |
| 4 | Justice Muhammad Aamir Nawaz Rana | Judge |
| 5 | Justice Sardar Ahmed Haleemi | Judge |
| 6 | Justice Najam-ud-Din Mengal | Judge |
| 7 | Justice Muhammad Rauf Atta | Additional Judge |
| 8 | Justice Allah Dad Roshan | Additional Judge |
| 9 | Justice Abdul Qayyum Lehri | Additional Judge |
Bench composition changes by administrative order and without advance notice, and a roster is a picture of one day. Elevations, transfers and retirements take effect before any portal is updated. Verify with the court's own registrar before relying on this for a cause list or a filing.
Data scope: these figures are computed from the reasoned written judgments the Balochistan High Court has published on its public portal at api.bhc.gov.pk. The set covers 2013 to 2026 and holds 11,200+ reported judgments.
These are not all the matters the Balochistan High Court handles. Courts dispose of a large volume of cases through procedural orders, adjournments, dismissals for non prosecution, withdrawals and short orders that are never authored as detailed written judgments. Only the reasoned judgments approved for publication are counted here.
What you are reading is the published precedent surface, not the total caseload. It is the same body of material an advocate would consult by hand when researching a matter, aggregated.
Caseload composition by legal division
Most cited statutes
Most frequent constitutional petition respondents
Judgment volume by year
Methodology. Judgments are captured from each court's own public portal. Statute names are canonicalised across stylistic variants before counting, so one Act cited six different ways counts as one Act. Constitutional article and Penal Code section frequencies are read from the cited statutes recorded against each judgment. Time from filing to judgment is the judgment year minus the filing year taken from the case number, a proxy that does not reflect docket level dates. Bench size is read from the bench recorded on each judgment, and judgments whose bench could not be identified are excluded from that percentage rather than counted as single judge. Recent years reflect publishing lag and are excluded from any trend statement. Figures last computed 2026-09-12.