Asma Jahangir

Pakistan’s iconic human rights defender may be gone, but her legacy lives on

Rally aims to empower women, help them reclaim public spaces in society

Speakers recall HRCP co-founder’s empathy on her second death anniversary

PML-N’s Ahsan Iqbal says country will only move forward when judiciary is free

Set to be staged on October 19, the play will shed light on the late activist’s historic cases

Asma's daughter says her mother would have liked to share her award with human rights defenders across the world

Various activists, journalists, and other contemporaries spoke at the occasion

Asmar Jahangir group contends law minister cannot hold two posts at once

Rehman succeeds late Asma Jahangir who passed away in February due to cardiac arrest

Quality of governance in both authoritarian and democratic rules always remained a subject of make-believe

Acting British high commissioner hosts Chevening alumni Iftar reception

Compilation of articles on the late human rights lawyer launched

Ajoka followed and the rest is history known to all with an interest in a theatre with a social conscience

The scholarship will be awarded to the best female Chevening candidate each year

For Asma, no cost was high enough when it came to civil liberties and political rights

She was a better advocate because she could listen to and step into shoes of the victims

Requests FIR against Haider Farooq Maudaudi, late Asma Jahangir's relatives for 'violating Islamic principles'

Speakers say her legacy of struggle for rights will live on

She was not afraid of anyone - she could snub, silence and vanquish anyone who dared to cross her path

The announcement was made by OSF Pakistan’s country director Saba Gul Khattak at a literature festival in Islamabad

For women in Pakistan, Asma Jehangir was a lodestone of inspiration.

A woman small in frame and a vision to conquer the world is not exactly what anyone would have thought her to be

PML-N’s Hina Pervez Butt requested to name law department of Punjab University after Asma Jahangir

Asma was an excellent professional lawyer and never mixed politics while in courts

Asma is gone but in her struggle she has left an enduring legacy of civil resistance

The human rights lawyer had challenged capital punishment handed out by military courts

Massive crowd gathered for funeral prayers at Gaddafi stadium to pay their final respects

Without her, the world is poorer, and Pakistan especially is poorer

A lesson in history is often more valuable than an impulse to tweet vulgarity

Boycotts become order of day as opposition protests govt’s lax attitude

Legal fraternity praises former Supreme Court Bar Association president for her services

CM wants state funeral for the late lawyer

Sindh government has sought permission to fly the national flag at half-mast during her funeral

Shabana Azmi, Mahesh Bhatt paid their condolences to the late activist

Top lawyers reveal lesser known stories about their activist colleague and her heart of gold

Jahangir passed away on Sunday after a cardiac arrest

Lawyer, activist Asma Jahangir dies at the age of 66

Asma Jahangir also condemns arrest of Pakhtun and Baloch students by police

Defeats Professional Group’s lawyer Khan by four votes

“My life is under threat,” Siddiqui in a statement

Asma Jehangir-affiliated duo become president, secretary

Takes jibe at ISPR for claiming their silence has a lot of meanings

LHC seeks replies from federal government, Sattokatla SHO; Turkish nationals demand immediate recovery

Calls for repealing controversial laws for a democratic and progressive Pakistan

One of Jahangir's associates was thrashed for appearing in a petition against PBC member Maqsood Buttar

The country's top court has ordered a stay in proceedings

Elections are in full swing as candidates visited lawyers’ sittings chambers and bar rooms to further their cause

Humans remain vulnerable on yet another Human Rights Day

Application moved by Professional group member Shoaib Shaheen

Says it enhances public confidence in the judiciary