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Pakistan appoints first female Supreme Court judge

FILE PHOTO: A policeman walks past the Supreme Court building in Islamabad, Pakistan October 31, 2018. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood/File Photo

Pakistan appointed its first female Supreme Court judge on Monday, after a nomination process that proved unusually contentious.

Justice Ayesha Malik, 55, had been selected by a commission that decides on the promotion of judges. As is typical for Supreme Court judges, she was sworn in on live TV, with her oath administered by Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmad.

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