Pakistan appoints Ayesha Malik as its first female Supreme Court judge after a nomination process that proved unusually contentious
She has been credited with rolling back patriarchal legal mores in her Punjab province jurisdiction.
Malik attended a ceremony in the capital Islamabad on Monday where she now sits on the bench alongside 16 male colleagues at Pakistan's highest court. The nine-member body that confirmed her appointment had initially turned down her elevation last year, before voting 5-4 to approve her this year."It is history in the making for Pakistan's judiciary," she said.
Women in Pakistan often struggle to gain justice in rape and sexual assault cases, and the test was deployed as a means of discrediting victims by casting aspersion on their character.Breaking barriers in the judicial system
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