Donors can give one ream (500 sheets) of preferably A4-size bond paper – the paper size officially used by the government – for the printing of SLMs. A ream of A4 paper costs around P150 to P300.

Use of such paper also pinches litigants’ pockets; a 500-sheet pack of green paper costs Rs 310 but a similar one of A4 sheets comes for Rs 200. The initial notification for this change came on ...