Renowned Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist, late Asma Jahangir has been given the top United Nations human rights award. The prize awarded posthumously to Asma Jehangir was received by her daughter Munizae Jahangir by the President of the General Assembly, Maria Fernanda Espinosa at an ...

UNITED NATIONS: A daughter of Pakistan's iconic human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir received the top United Nations human rights prize that was awarded posthumously to her distinguished mother, at an impressive ceremony in the General Assembly hall. The award, a plaque, was handed over ...

UNITED NATIONS: The UN General Assembly President, Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Thursday announced the winners of the prestigious United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights for 2018 that include Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistani human rights lawyer who passed away in February this year. Other ...

UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres paid tributes to Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistani lawyer and a UN human rights special rapporteur, as a "true champion of human rights", in his address to the Human Rights Council in Geneva. "As a Special Rapporteur of this Council, as a great ...

LAHORE:Punjab Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a condolence resolution to pay homage to the late renowned lawyer leader and human rights activist Asma Jahangir. The house offered Fateha for the departed soul.APP

Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif visited the residence of the former president of Supreme Court Bar Association and human rights' activist Asma Jahangir in Lahore on Wednesday to condole with the bereaved family. He met the bereaved family, consoled them and also offered fateha. He ...

NEW YORK:A Book of Condolences in honor of the memory of Asma Jahangir, a leading Pakistan lawyer and United Nations human rights rapporteur, was opened for signature on Tuesday at the Pakistan Mission to the UN in New York. Ms. Jahangir died of heart attack in Lahore on Sunday, aged 66. "Deeply ...

The funeral prayer of renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir will be offered at Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore this afternoon. Asma Jahangir passed away after suffering from a cardiac arrest on Sunday in Lahore. She was 66. She was the first woman to become President of the Supreme ...

ISLAMABAD:The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep sorrow over the death of leading Pakistani lawyers and a UN human rights special rapporteur Asma Jahangir.  In a statement in New York, he said we lost a human rights giant, who was a tireless advocate for inalienable ...

ISLAMABAD: Polling for the annual elections of Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) is underway with 44 candidates for 22 posts.Tough competition between Asma Jahangir’s group candidate Kaleem Ahmad Khursheed and Professional group candidate Hafiz Abdur Rehman Ansari is expected for president’s ...