Asma Jahangir passes away in Lahore 2/11/2018 11:27:01 AM   facebook Google+ ► Print Renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir ISLAMABAD, Feb. 11, 2018  - Renowned lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away in Lahore on Sunday due to a cardiac arrest. Jahangir, 66, was a human rights lawyer based in Pakistan and was Pakistan’s first woman to serve as the President of Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan. Jahangir was known for her activism on women, minority and human rights issues. She was also the  United Nations  Rapporteur for Human Rights. She served on various national and international bodies as an expert on law and legal affairs. Profile She co-chaired South Asia Forum for Human Rights and was the vice president of International Federation for Human Rights. Jahangir became a democracy activist and was imprisoned in 1983 for participating in the Movement for the Restoration of...