Pakistan Gets Its First Female Supreme Court Judge
NDTV
A commission that decides on the promotion of judges has voted to make 55-year-old Justice Ayesha Malik the first female judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court.
Pakistan has confirmed the appointment of the first female Supreme Court judge in the Muslim-majority nation's history, members of the ruling party said on Thursday.
A commission that decides on the promotion of judges on Thursday voted to make 55-year-old Justice Ayesha Malik the first female judge on the Supreme Court in the 75 years since the South Asian country's independence.
"An important & defining moment in our country as a brilliant lawyer & decorated judge has become Pakistan's first female SC judge," a legislator of the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf and parliamentary secretary for law Maleeka Bokhari said on Twitter.
"To shattering glass ceilings," she added.
