{"id":2851,"date":"2021-01-27T10:35:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=2851"},"modified":"2021-01-27T10:35:42","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T10:35:42","slug":"remembering-asma-jahangir-a-legacy-to-cherish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2021\/01\/27\/remembering-asma-jahangir-a-legacy-to-cherish\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Asma Jahangir: A Legacy to Cherish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jahangir was born in\u00a0Lahore in January 27, 1952. She received a bachelor\u2019s degree from Kinnaird College and an LLB from Punjab University.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2855\" src=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rapid-news-rapidnews-Remembering-Asma-Jahangir-A-Legacy-to-Cherish-dailyrapidnews-2.jpg\" alt=\"rapid-news-rapidnews-Remembering-Asma-Jahangir-A-Legacy-to-Cherish-dailyrapidnews\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rapid-news-rapidnews-Remembering-Asma-Jahangir-A-Legacy-to-Cherish-dailyrapidnews-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rapid-news-rapidnews-Remembering-Asma-Jahangir-A-Legacy-to-Cherish-dailyrapidnews-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rapid-news-rapidnews-Remembering-Asma-Jahangir-A-Legacy-to-Cherish-dailyrapidnews-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>She was called to the Lahore\u00a0High Court in 1980 and to the Supreme Court in 1982. She later went on to become the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">From 1952 to 2018 .\u2066<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Asma_Jahangir?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Asma_Jahangir<\/a>\u2069 bringing sanity to Pak &amp; still inspiring lawyers &amp; others to continue the fight for a democratic &amp; secular Pak.Happy Birthday Ami you taught us how to live with <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wlju7QLDsE\">https:\/\/t.co\/wlju7QLDsE<\/a> pic below she was awarded Right Livelihood Award 2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6knC6krrHT\">pic.twitter.com\/6knC6krrHT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Munizae Jahangir (@MunizaeJahangir) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MunizaeJahangir\/status\/1354324714366377984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nShe became a pro-democracy activist and was jailed in 1983 for participating in the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy, which agitated against military dictator Ziaul Haq\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n<p>She was also active in the 2007 Lawyers\u2019 Movement, for which she was put under house arrest.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">RIP <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AsmaJahangir?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AsmaJahangir<\/a><br \/>\nBorn today in 1952<\/p>\n<p>One of the most fearless Pakistanis who fought for justice<br \/>\nShe was the best of us<\/p>\n<p>~ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tqQzAemaJP\">pic.twitter.com\/tqQzAemaJP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Engr. Khurram Dastgir-Khan (@kdastgirkhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kdastgirkhan\/status\/1354324055290224640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 27, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nShe co-founded the Human Rights Commission of\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0and the Women\u2019s Action Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Jahangir also served as the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions from 1998 to 2004, and as the UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion and Belief from 2004 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>She received several awards, including a Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 2010 and a Sitara-i-Imtiaz. She was also awarded a Unesco\/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights and an Officier de la L\u00e9gion d\u2019honneur by France.<\/p>\n<p>She also received the 2014 Right Livelihood Award and the 2010 Freedom Award from the International Rescue Committee.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1572437392126-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CLukxduRo-cCFRLRdwodvfYCvw\">\n<p>Jahangir was known for her outspoken nature and unrelenting pursuit for human rights as well as for remaining undaunted in the face of extreme pressure and opposition.<\/p>\n<div class=\"simple-text size-3 color-2 detail_page_content\">\n<p>The late lawyer was posthumously awarded the top United Nations human rights prize, which received by her daughter, Munizae, at an impressive ceremony in the General Assembly hall in December last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jahangir had breathed her last on February 11, 2018, in\u00a0Lahore\u00a0at the age of 66 due to cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jahangir was born in\u00a0Lahore in January 27, 1952. 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