Over 52,500 cases pending before SC.

KARACHI -- Over 52,500 cases are pending before the Supreme Court of Pakistan, it emerged on Thursday.

According to the latest fortnightly report of the apex court, 758 cases were decided from March 1 to March 15, whereas 730 new cases were filed during the same period and the total pending cases stood at 52,541.

On March 1, the pendency was at 52,569 and the principal seat of the country's top court in Islamabad had decided all 758 cases in two...