Pak set to get its first woman SC judge
Islamabad, Jan 6 (UNI) Pakistan on Thursday approved the elevation of Lahore High Court Justice Ayesha A Malik to the Supreme Court, paving way for her to become the country’s first female apex court judge.
Chief Justice of the country Gulzar Ahmed chaired the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) meeting, during which 55-year-old Justice Malik’s elevation was approved by a majority of five votes against four, the Dawn quoted a source as saying.
According to the newspaper, this was the second time that the JCP held a meeting to decide on Justice Malik’s elevation. A lack of consensus during an extended meeting of the JCP on September 9 last year had forced the commission to reject her elevation.
A lawmaker of ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf party and Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice Maleeka Bokhari termed the development as historical.
“Congratulations to Flag of Pakistan & Hon Justice Ayesha Malik. An Important & defining moment in our country as a brilliant lawyer & decorated judge has become Pakistan’s first female SC judge. To shattering glass ceilings & Women holding hands. Thank you to Hon JCP, Justice Bandial & Hon Law Min,” she tweeted
An LLM graduate from Harvard Law School, Justice Ayesha Malik has been a Lahore High Court judge since 2012.
She has done her BCom from the Government College of Commerce & Economics, Karachi and studied Law at Lahore’s Pakistan College of Law.
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