Rights advocate Asma Jahangir laid to rest at her Bedian farmhouse
Asma Jahangir passed away at the age of 66 in Lahore owing to a cardiac arrest.
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Human Rights advocate late Asma Jahangir was laid to rest at her Bedian Road farmhouse late Tuesday after thousands of mourners crammed in a stadium to offer her funeral prayer.
Jahangir, referred to as the moral compass by a section of the society, died of cardiac arrest on Sunday at the age of 66.
Funeral prayer of the noted rights lawyer was offered outside Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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Large number of lawyers, judges including Lahore High Court (LHC) Chief Justice Yawar Ali Shah and citizens participated in the funeral led by Haider Farooq Maududi.
Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Mian Saqib Nisar, former premier Nawaz Sharif, Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Shehbaz Sharif, Senator Aitzaz Ahsan, Chief Election Commissioner Sardar Muhammad Raza Khan and others expressed condolences over her demise.
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Asma Jahangir had won many national as well as international awards including Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders in 1995, Hilal-i-Imtiaz in 2010, and various others. She was co-founder of Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and also chaired it.
She was elected as SCBA president on October 27, 2010.
