updated Sat. December 16, 2023
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The News International (blog)
March 12, 2018
Asma Jahangir's commitment to different issues singled her out because she believed in now, veteran rights activist IA Rehman said of the first woman to serve as the Supreme Court Bar Association's president. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) organised an event at a hotel on Sunday toÃâà...
The Siasat Daily
February 22, 2018
Gilgit [Pakistan occupied Kashmir]: Amid widespread protests in Gilgit-Baltistan and parts of Pakistan, advocate Ehsan Ali, the detained President of Supreme Court Bar Association and founding leader of Awami Action Committee, was released from jail by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) here on Monday.
The Nation
February 21, 2018
PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira was of the view the top court's verdict was not against Nawaz Sharif, but against the law which the parliament had enacted with mala fide intention to elect the ... Supreme Court Bar Association President Pir Kaleem Khursheed said: “The Senate elections are not clear.
Voice of America
February 15, 2018
The memo allegedly sought U.S. help against intervention by Pakistan's military in the aftermath of a raid that month that had killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin ... former president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association, said that no other Pakistani ambassador has been the focus of an arrest warrant.
Iran Press Watch
February 14, 2018
She was the first female leader of Pakistan's Supreme Court bar association. “Asma Jahangir was a staunch defender of the rights of the Baha'is in Iran from the time that she was Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief,” said Diane Ala'i, Representative of the BIC United Nations Office in GenevaÃâà...
DAWN.com
February 14, 2018
The Supreme Court Bar Association was another institution where Asma demonstrated her leadership qualities. The standards of personal integrity and commitment to fellow lawyers' welfare she set will be remembered for long. Besides, says a senior colleague and one of the leaders of the Pakistan BarÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
February 13, 2018
In 1987, she founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and was the first woman president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 2010 to 2012. “Asma Jahangir was a voice of the oppressed and an icon of courage and valor,” Maryam Nawaz Sharif, daughter of former PakistaniÃâà...
FederalNewsRadio.com
February 12, 2018
She has served as chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and was widely respected for her outspoken criticism of the country's militant and extreme Islamist groups and unparalleled record as rights activist. Jahangir also served as president of the Supreme Court's Bar Association andÃâà...
JURIST
February 12, 2018
Jahangir dedicated decades of her life towards the pursuit of bringing about human rights changes within the Pakistani government and military, co-founding the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan [advocacy website] and serving as the first female leader of the Supreme Court Bar Association ofÃâà...
Daily Times
December 31, 1999
It further reads, “Jehangir was elected first ever women president of Pakistan's Supreme Court's Bar Association. She also served as a UN rapporteur on human right and extrajudicial killings and was on Time magazine's list of 100 most influential women.” Jehangir had a prominent career both as a lawyerÃâà...
