Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- Having survived more than two years in the Katchery, I find myself compelled to speak - not merely from observation, but from lived reality - on behalf of those who once dreamed of becoming practicing lawyers but abandoned litigation due to the absence of income, those who juggle side hustles to remain in practice, those who have switched career entirely and those who continue to work tirelessly in a hope that one day a senior might acknowledge their efforts and compensate them. This is not an individual grievance but it is a systematic indictment.

In District and Sessions courts, junior advocates routinely appear in hearings when seniors are occupied in Superior courts. They conduct rigorous legal research, draft co...