LAHORE: Eminent lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir passed away due to cardiac arrest here on Sunday. According to her personal staff, she was shifted to a local hospital on complaint of cardiac arrest about 12 noon (Sunday), where she passed away.
Asma Jahangir, the former president of Supreme Court Bar Association, was 66 years old. Born in 1952, Jahangir studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary before receiving her B.A from Kinnaird College and LLB from the Punjab University in 1978.
She was put under house arrest and later imprisoned in 1983 for participating in the movement for the restoration of political and fundamental rights during the military regime.
She was also active in the 2007 Lawyers' Movement, for which she was put under house arrest.
She co-founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, and the Women's Action Forum.
Asma Jahangir defended cases of minorities, women and children in prisons. She was recipient of several national awards, including Sitara-I-Imtiaz in 1995.
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