Asma jahangir biography sample
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In Profile: The brave-hearted Asma Jahangir
Known for being a human rights champion and a defender of the oppressed, Asma Jahangir's unrelenting pursuit of human rights makes her a feminist icon for the women of Pakistan.
Asma Jilani Jahangir was born in Lahore on January 27, 1952.
Asma jahangir biography sample
She attended Lahore's Convent of Jesus and Mary and went to Kinnaird College for her BA. She earned her LLB degree in 1978 from the University of Punjab and was best known for her pro-democratic rights activism.
Jahangir knew her way around Pakistan's courts years before she became a lawyer because of her father's imprisonment at the hands of Yahya Khan.
“Courts were not new to me,” she once said. “Even before his detention, my father was fighting many cases.
He remained in jail in Multan. He remained in jail in Bannu. But we were not allowed to go see him there. We always saw him in court. So, for me, the