The Sindh High Court (SHC) has only nominated one woman for the appointment of additional judges amid concerns over the ill-representation of women and minority members in the judiciary.
SHC Chief Justice Ahmed Ali Sheikh has recommended nine names, including one woman.
According to Express Tribune, lawyer Sana Akram Minhas is the only woman nominated for the post. Meanwhile, the other names include: District & Session Judge Amjad Ali Bohio, and lawyers Mohammad Abdur Rahman, Khadim Hussain Soomro, Arbab Ali Hakro, Jawad Akbar Sarwana, Saleem Akhtar Buriro, Rashid Mustafa, and Syed Tarique Ahmed Shah.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial has called on the JCP’s meeting on March 15th to deliberate over the nine nominees for their appointment as additional judges of the SHC. Currently, 29 judges are working while the total strength of the high court is 40.
The majority of the Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) members failed to approve the appointments from the provincial court last year.
Women have recently been breaking barriers in the legal field as two Pakistani lawyers, Sabahat Rizvi, and Rabbiya Bajwa, made history after being elected as secretary and vice-president, respectively, of Pakistan’s oldest bar association.
This is the first time in history that the bar association is being headed by women.
