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Meet Suman Kumari, Pakistan's first Hindu woman judge

According to Pawan Kumar Bodan, her father, Suman wants to provide free legal assistance to the poor in Qambar-Shahdadkot.

New Delhi: Pakistan got its first ever Hindu woman judge on Tuesday as Suman Kumari hailing from Qambar-Shahdadkot, passed an examination for induction of judicial officers. She was appointed a civil judge after she passed the required examination for it and will serve in her native district, will serve in her native district, The Dawn reported. However, she is apprehensive of the fact that her community may not appreciate her decision to become a lawyer. “..but I am confident my family will stand by me come what may”, she was quoted as saying by Dawn. Kumari , a fan of singers Lata Mangeshkar and Atif Aslam, passed her LL.B. examination from Hyderabad and did her masters in law from Karachi’s Szabist University. She then worked for Advocate Rasheed A. Razvi’s firm for a brief stint, the report said. According to Pawan Kumar Bodan, her father, Suman wants to provide free legal assistance to the poor in Qambar-Shahdadkot. "Suman has opted for a challenging profession, but I am sure she will go places through hard work and honesty," the father said. Her father is an eye specialist while Suman's elder sister is a software engineer and another sister is a chartered accountant. This is not the first time that a person from the Hindu community has been appointed as a judge. The first judge from the Hindu community was Justice Rana Bhagwandas, who served as the acting chief justice for brief periods between 2005 and 200, news agency PTI reported.
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