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Prominent Pakistani senior lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, passed away at the age of 66 in Lahore. (Photo: Twitter)
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The cause of her death has not been confirmed yet, but according to media reports, it was due to cardiac arrest. (Photo: Twitter)
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Born in Lahore in Pakistan on January 27, 1952, she held LLB degree from Punjab University. In 1980, she was called to the Lahore High Court and to the Pakistan Supreme Court in 1982. She later went on to become the first woman to serve as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association, The Dawn reported.
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Jahangir had participated in the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy and protested against former Pakistan President Zia-ul-Haq's oppressive military rule. She was arrested and jailed in 1983.
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She was the co-founder of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and the Women's Action Forum.
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