Masters of the Bench

Mrs. Justice Ayesha A. Malik, before her elevation to the Supreme Court, was serving as a Justice of the Lahore High Court since March 2012.

Born in June 1966, her education was completed from schools in Paris, New York and London. She acquired her B. Com from the Government College of Commerce & Economics, Karachi and her LLB from the Pakistan College of Law, Lahore. She went on to acquire her LLM from Harvard Law School where she was named a Landon H. Gammon Fellow for academic excellence.

Justice Malik started her legal career working at Fakhruddin G. Ebrahim & Co and ultimately went on to become a Partner at Rizvi, Isa, Afridi & Angell (‘RIAA’), where she spearheaded the corporate & litigation department at the firm’s Lahore office. While on the bench Justice Malik has authored judgments in constitutional jurisdiction advancing the rule of law as well as protecting the rights of women. In addition to her position on the bench, she has been a member of the National Judicial Automation Committee to ensure effective harnessing of information technology for speedy dispensation of cases. She has been a Board Member of the Punjab Judicial Academy and contributed towards training judges in various aspects including gender sensitivity and gender based violence cases. She was the Chairperson for Judicial Officers Female Supervisory Committee, which dealt with issues relating to female judicial officers. She initiated the first Punjab Women Judges Conference in 2016 and has held similar conferences in 2017 and 2019, which have brought to the forefront the debate on the need to include the gender perspective in the court processes and judgments and also solutions to improve litigation process for female litigants.