Out of the 687 total staff members, a mere 45 are women in the Supreme Court, according to details shared by top court. Out of these 45 females working in the apex court, 33 hold regular positions while 12 are contingent employees Furthermore, only two individuals with disabilities are employed by the apex court.
The information, made public following a judicial order directing Supreme Court Registrar Jazeela Aslam to provide details of its staff, came in response to a petitioner who had requested it on April 10, 2019, invoking the Right of Access to Information Act 2017 and Article 19-A of Constitution.
A three-judge bench of the apex court led by Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa on October 15 ordered its registrar to release information about the court staff under the Right of Access to Information (RTI) Act, 2017 to a citizen Mukhtar Ahmed Ali.
