ISLAMABAD: The Judicial Commission of Pakistan (JCP) approved to elevate the chief justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC), Justice Mussarat Hilali, to the Supreme Court of Pakistan.
The JCP gave the approval at a meeting with Chief Justice of Pakistan Umar Ata Bandial in the chair in Islamabad on Wednesday.
Justice Hilali is the first woman from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) to be appointed as the apex court judge and the second woman in the country’s history to be elevated to the Supreme Court.
In January last year, Justice Ayesha Malik made history in Pakistan’s judicial system after she was appointed as the SC judge by the JCP with a vote of five to four.
Currently, the top court is functioning with 15 judges, including the chief justice, against the sanctioned strength of 17 judges.
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