Musarrat Hilali
Musarrat Hilali | |
|---|---|
| Justice of Peshawar High Court | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2013 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 August 1961 |
| Nationality |  Pakistani |
Musarrat Hilali (born 8 August 1961) is a Pakistani judge. Since March 2013, she has been the only woman on the bench of the Peshawar High Court.[1] She is the third woman to sit on the bench in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa.[2]
Education
Hilali received the Law degree from the Khyber Law College, Peshawar University.[3]
Career
She started her career as an advocate of District Courts in 1983. In 1988, she was enrolled as an Advocate of the High Court. She was elevated to the rank of Advocate of Supreme Court in 2006. Hilali was elevated to the bench as Additional Judge in March 2013 and was given the permanent status of the Judge of the Peshawar High Court in 2014.[3]
Career achievements
- First female elected office bearer on the post of Secretary at the Bar.[3]
- First female elected Vice President at the Bar.[3]
- First female elected General Secretary at the Bar.
- First female elected as Executive Member of the Supreme Court Bar Association.
- First female Additional Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
- First female appointed as Chairperson Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Tribunal.
- First female Ombudsman for Protection Against Harassment of Women at Workplace.
- First woman judge from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to be elected as an election tribunal for the 2018 Pakistani general elections .[4]
References
- ^ "Sitting Judges". www.peshawarhighcourt.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ "Former Judges". www.peshawarhighcourt.gov.pk. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- ^ a b c d "Profile Justice Mussarat Hilali". www.peshawarhighcourt.gov.pk. Retrieved 17 September 2018.
- ^ Khan, Iftikhar A. (2018-08-16). "Justice Musarrat becomes first woman to head a poll tribunal". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2020-11-25.