Imran khan asma jahangir biography
Imran khan asma jahangir biography
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Asma Jahangir
Pakistani human rights activist and lawyer
Asma Jilani Jahangir (Urdu: عاصمہ جہانگیر, romanized:&#;ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr; 27 January &#; 11 February ) was a Pakistani human rightslawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell.[3] Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group.[4][5][6]
Born and raised in Lahore, Jahangir studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary before receiving her B.A.
from Kinnaird and LLB from the Punjab University Law College in and joined the chamber of Barrister Ijaz Hussain Batalvi. In , she was called to the Lahore High Court, and to the Supreme Court in In the s, Jahangir became a democracy activist and was imprisoned in for participating in the Movement for the Resto