PAKISTAN APPOINTMENT – On Jan. 25, Reuters reported that Pakistan appointed Judge Ayesha Malik, 55, as the country’s first female judge of the Supreme Court. On Monday, Jan. 24, after being selected by a committee that decides to promote judges.
Television came live as Ayesha Malik took the oath of office following Pakistan’s Chief Judiciary General Gulsar Ahmad.
Prime Minister Imran Khan tweeted: “I congratulate Judge Ajesha Malik, who is the first female Supreme Court Justice.”
This handout photograph taken on January 24, 2022 and released by the Pakistans Press Information Department (PID) shows chief justice Gulzar Ahmed (L) administering the oath to justice Ayesha Malik as Pakistan’s first female supreme court judge in Islamabad. (Photo by PAKISTAN PRESS INFORMATION DEPARTMENT / AFP) / —–EDITORS NOTE — RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO/Pakistans Press Information Department (PID)” – NO MARKETING – NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS – DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS (Photo by -/PAKISTAN PRESS INFORMATION DEPAR/AFP via Getty Images)
A nine-person committee confirming the appointment of a female judge Ayesha Malik was initially denied a promotion last year, before a five-to-four vote to endorse Ayesha Malik this year.
However, some lawyers criticized the decision. It argued that Ayesha Malik was elected, although he was not one of the three senior judges in the court of first instance where Ayesha Malik was before he was promoted. and demanding objective criteria for the promotion of judges as well
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