Interview with Barrister Shahida Jamil, Former Federal Minister for Law, Justice, Human Rights, & Parliamentary Affairs

Byline: KHALIL AHMED Mrs. Shahida Jamil, Barrister-at-Law from the Hon'ble Society of Gray's Inn, London, is the first woman to have been appointed a Provincial Law Minister and thereafter, the first woman to have been appointed the Federal Minister for Law, Justice, Human Rights & Parliamentary Affairs in Pakistan, besides having held other portfolios such as Environment, Rural Development & Local Government in the Federal Government. Mrs. Shahida Jamil also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and English Literature from Karachi University through St. Joseph's College, Karachi. She obtained her Degree of an Utter Barrister from the Hon'ble Society of Gray's Inn, London, UK. She is a member of both the Sindh High Court Bar Association and the Karachi Bar Association and is practicing law as a Legal and Policy Consultant, and has worked also as a World Bank Consultant.