• Suman Kumari has become the first Hindu woman to be appointed as a civil judge in Pakistan.
Kumari, who hails from Qambar-Shahdadkot in Sindh province, will serve in her native district.
The country’s first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who served as the acting Chief Justice for brief periods between 2005 and 2007.
Last year, Mahesh Kumar Malani became the first non-Muslim to be elected on a general seat in the National Assembly while a Thari woman, Krishna Kumari, was elected in Pakistan’s Senate elections.
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