Islamabad: Pakistan vowed at Ayesha Malik as her first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, an important opportunity in a country where activists said the law was often used against women.
Malik, 55, given an oath by the chairman of Judge Gulzar Ahmed at the Top Court Ceremony Hall in the capital of Islamabad, where he is now sitting on a bench along 16 male colleagues.
Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Happy Malik on “Landmark height”.
“A strong image symbolizes women’s empowerment in Pakistan,” he tweeted, added that he hoped he would be an asset for the country’s “judicial hierarchy”.
“I congratulate Justice Ayesha Malik for being the first female judge of the Supreme Court,” Imran Khan said in a tweet.
The appointment is very controversial.
Eyebrows were raised when Malik was picked despite being fourth in the list of seniority judges in the Lahore High Court.
Last year, Malik, who was educated at Harvard University, forbade invasive examinations and was a medically discredited used to determine the level of female sexual experience.
He has been credited with rolling backward legal law of patriarchy in his jurisdiction.