This letter refers to the article ‘On a heap of garbage’ (October 27, 2024) by Ghazi Salahuddin. He writes "A study of the civil and criminal justice system in Pakistan that I saw on the net cited the Pakistan Institute of Legislative Development (PILDAT) – and this was more than two years ago – to report that the conviction rate in Pakistan is about nine per cent. In India, it is more than 37 per cent. In the United States, it is 85 per cent, and in England, it is 90 per cent”.
It is disheartening to read that India has a conviction rate four times higher than Pakistan, even though both countries follow the common law left behind by the British. It is hoped that our leaders and parliamentarians will revamp our justice system and set a target of exceeding the Indian conviction rate by the year 2030.
Syed Hussein El-Edroos
Islamabad
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