Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore
By
Hasnaat Malik
Published: February 11, 2018
PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD: Renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest, a relative confirmed to
The Express Tribune.
Jahangir was a human rights lawyer based in Pakistan and was Pakistan’s first woman to serve as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.
Jahangir was known for her activism on women, minority and human rights issue. She was also the United Nations Rapporteur for Human Rights. She served on various national and international bodies as an expert on law and legal affairs.
Profile
She co-chaired South Asia Forum for Human Rights and was the vice president of International Federation for Human Rights.
Jahangir became a democracy activist and was imprisoned in 1983 for participating in the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy against the military regime of General Ziaul Haq. In 1986, she moved to Geneva, and became the vice-chair of the Defence for Children International and remained until 1988 when she moved back to Pakistan.
In 2007, she was put under house arrest after the imposition of martial law following the lawyers’ movement.