Twitter is remembering human rights defender Asma Jahangir’s courage on her birth anniversary today.
As a human rights lawyer, Asma fought for three decades and protected the most marginalised Pakistanis: women, children, religious minorities and the poor with immense bravery.
Jahangir also established the first aid center in Pakistan in 1986. She made history when she was elected as the first female President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan in 2010.
Asma Jahangir was also nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and was the winner for UN Human Rights Prize in 2018.
Pakistan Twitter remembers Asma on what would would have been her 69th birthday.
https://twitter.com/usamamaalik1/status/1354364246713397255?s=21
https://twitter.com/aima_kh/status/1354365905925505027?s=21
https://twitter.com/afiasalam/status/1354306899588620288?s=21
https://twitter.com/nadeemfparacha/status/1354319821224214528?s=21
https://twitter.com/asadatoor/status/1354328487021207552?s=21
As a human rights lawyer, Asma fought for three decades and protected the most marginalised Pakistanis: women, children, religious minorities and the poor with immense bravery.
Jahangir also established the first aid center in Pakistan in 1986. She made history when she was elected as the first female President of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan in 2010.
Asma Jahangir was also nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize and was the winner for UN Human Rights Prize in 2018.
Pakistan Twitter remembers Asma on what would would have been her 69th birthday.
https://twitter.com/usamamaalik1/status/1354364246713397255?s=21
https://twitter.com/aima_kh/status/1354365905925505027?s=21
https://twitter.com/afiasalam/status/1354306899588620288?s=21
https://twitter.com/nadeemfparacha/status/1354319821224214528?s=21
https://twitter.com/asadatoor/status/1354328487021207552?s=21