PESHAWAR: Justice Musarrat Hilali would become first female Chief Justice of Peshawar High Court (PHC) on April 1 after retirement of Chief Justice Qaiser Rasheed. She would be second female who would become CJ of high court after Justice Tahira Safdar, CJ of Balochistan High Court. Justice Musarrat Hilali was among senior-most judges of PHC and would serve as CJ till her retirement. Born in Peshawar on August 8, 1961, she received Law Degree from Khyber Law College Peshawar University and enrolled as an Advocate of District Courts in 1983, as an Advocate of High Court in 1988 and as an Advocate of Supreme Court of Pakistan in 2006.

Being female she had several achievements in her career including being first female elected office bear on post of Secretary at bar from 1988-1989, vice president at bar (twice) from 1992 to 1994, General Secretary 1997-1998, first female twice elected as an executive member of Supreme Court Bar Association from 2007-2008 and 2008-2009. She was also first female Additional Advocate General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from November 2001 to March 2004 and was later appointed as first female Chairperson Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Environmental Protection Tribunal. She served as first female Ombudsman for Protection against Harassment of Women at Workplace. She was elevated to Bench as Additional Judge on March 26, 2013 and confirmed as permanent judge of Peshawar High Court on March 13, 2014.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 30 2023

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