According to the reporter, of the 3,142 people who are judges or law enforcement officers in the country, only eighteen percent are female, based on the Commission’s findings. This figure does not fully capture the diversity of Pakistani society, although being indicative of development.
Examining the judiciary’s highest echelons in further detail, the research highlights a stark inequality in the judicial system. Only seven of the 126 judges who preside over prestigious courts including the Federal Sharia Court, the Supreme Court, and the five High Courts are women.
This striking representation—just 5.5 percent—highlights the formidable obstacle of achieving gender parity in the highest echelons of legal decision-making.
But there’s a ray of brightness in the district courts, where a slightly brighter picture takes shape. Women make up 19% of the 3,016 judicial officers working in all of the country’s district courts.
Although this number suggests some improvement, it is nevertheless clear that more work has to be done to attain meaningful gender parity in this area of the judiciary.
