The late Asma Jahangir, lawyer and human rights activist, was announced as one of the four winners of the 2018 United Nations Human Rights Prize on Friday. Brazil’s first indigenous lawyer Joenia Wapixana, Tanzanian activist Rebeca Gyumi, and Ireland’s human rights organisation Front Line Defenders are the other three recipients of the honour. President of […]

Human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday. She suffered from a cardiac arrest and was 66 years old at the time of her death. She was an outspoken advocate for the disenfranchised in Pakistan and was also a renowned lawyer. Here are a few things to know about her: She was […]

Voice of reason and human rights icon in Pakistan, Asma Jahangir passed away following a cardiac arrest. Jahangir was the head of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Supreme Court Bar Association. She was an activist and an author. The news was confirmed by her daughter Munizae Jahangir. I am devastated @ loss of […]