PESHAWAR: A senior district and sessions judge, Farah Jamshed, has assumed charge as director general of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Judicial Academy here.

Peshawar High Court Chief Justice Qaiser Rashid Khan, who is also chairman of the academy, has few days ago ordered appointment of Farah Jamshed as the first female director general of the academy.

Hailing from Mansehra, Ms Jamshed was born on February 1, 1970. She was appointed civil judge in 1994.

Her judicial career is spanning nearly three decades.

She has served as district and sessions judge in different districts.

Earlier, she was working as dean of faculty at the judicial academy.

Published in Dawn, March 27th, 2022