Ashraf Jehan Jamali (; born 9 February 1957) is a Pakistani judge. After graduating from Jinnah Law College, Hyderabad, Pakistan in 1983 she joined the judicial service as Civil Judge and First Class Magistrate in 1987 and was promoted as
District & Sessions Judge
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Karachi (East) in 2003. In 2012 she was appointed as additional judge of the
Sindh High Court
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, and in 2013/14 she was appointed the first female judge of the
Federal Shariat Court
The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) is a constitutional court of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, which has the power to examine and determine whether the laws of the country comply with Sharia law. The court was established in 1980 during the gov ...
. She is the wife of
24th Chief Justice of Pakistan
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The Chief Justice of Pakistan (Urdu: ) (Initialism, initials as CJP) is head of the court system of Pakistan (the Judiciary of Pakistan, judicature branch of Government of Pakistan, government) and the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Paki ...
,
Justice Anwar Zaheer Jamali.
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Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Pakistani women judges
1957 births
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