Ashraf Jehan

Ashraf Jehan (Urdu: اشرف جہاں ‎; born 9 February 1957) is a Pakistani judge. After graduating from Jinnah Law College, Hyderabad, Pakistan in 1983 she joined the judicial service as Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate in 1987 and was promoted as District & Sessions Judge Karachi (East) in 2003.[1] In 2012 she was appointed as additional judge of the Sindh High Court, and in 2013/14 she was the first female judge of the Federal Shariat Court.[2][3] She is the wife of 24th and current Chief Justice of Pakistan, Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali.[4]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.federalshariatcourt.gov.pk/Justice%20Ashraf%20Jahan.html
  2. ↑ "Pakistan appoints female judge to national sharia court for first time in its 33-year history | Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "Federal Shariat Court appoints first female judge". Dailytimes.com.pk. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  4. ↑ New CJ, his wife among distinguished couples of world judiciary, retrieved 10 September 2015


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