Pakistan on course to appoint first female Supreme Court judge


FILE PHOTO: A man walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan, June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File Photo

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) -Pakistan's judicial commission on Thursday confirmed the nomination of the first female Supreme Court judge in the Muslim-majority nation's history, an action that ruling party members and legal experts said all but ensures her appointment.

A commission that decides on the promotion of judges voted to make 55-year-old Justice Ayesha Malik the first female judge on the Supreme Court in the 75 years since the South Asian country's independence.

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