What happened: PTI’s member of the National Assembly, Maleeka Bokhari tweeted about the first women in law awards being held in Islamabad. Maleeka tweeted, “We are holding the Diversity & Inclusion symposium..” She also congratulated the female lawyers of Pakistan. The Women in Law initiative was started to increase the representation of women in Pakistan’s judiciary.
Details: Twitter users also applauded the effort. As they wrote, “We now have a portal to bring all the female lawyers, advocates, judges together to coordinate their voices.” Maleeka Bokhari has credited the 24th of November as a historic day in the judiciary’s history. Amnah Jabeen, a senior journalist, tweeted, “All the women in law have a huge contribution.” Amnah also claimed that Pakistan missed a vital opportunity to nominate the first female SC judge(Ayesha Malik). Farogh Naseem is quoted as, “The Bar Council and Judicial Commission played a negative role in the matter of Justice Ayesha Malik’s elevation to the Supreme Court.”