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As seen in the Express Tribune
With only one female judge in Pakistan's courts, the country's top lawyers have called on the government to recruit more women in the judiciary as it faces a backlog of over 1.4 million cases, the Express Tribune reported on Wednesday.
"The paucity of female judges and backlog of family law cases pave the way for the international community to point fingers at the gender bias in Pakistan. Gender should not be a hurdle in the induction of judges and serving of speedy justice," Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) President Asma Jahangir was quoted as saying.
Unlike the army, police and many other public departments, where women are increasingly present, Pakistan's judiciary remains devoid of real female participation, the report said.
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