STRENGTHENING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM 2019

  • Dialogue with Women in Field of Law: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Upholding the Rule of Law

FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, RELIGION, BELIEF AND EXPRESSION

  • Censorship and other Curbs on Electronic and Print Media
  • Social Media and Freedom of Expression
  • Religious and Ethnic Minorities under Siege in South Asia
  • Selective Accountability? Legislative, Judicial & Executive Failure
  • Silencing Civil Society: Curbs on CBOs, NGOS, and INGOs

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

  • Protection of Children from Exploitation and Denial of Justice

EQUAL ACCESS TO LAW IN SOUTH ASIA

  • Human Rights crisis in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Conflict in Afghanistan: Impact on the Rights of Women and Minorities
  • Politics Inspire Art and Art Inspires Politics
  • Fighting the Culture of Shame and Silence – Violence Against Women
  • Strengthening the Legal Constitutional Framework for the Federation and Pluralism
  • Economic and Social Inequality
  • Unwrapping State Discourse: National Security, Identity and Nation Building
  • Former – FATA Post Merger

STRENGTHENING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM

  • Dialogue with Women in Field of Law: Opportunities and Challenges
  • Upholding the Rule of Law

FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE, RELIGION, BELIEF AND EXPRESSION

  • Censorship and other Curbs on Electronic and Print Media
  • Social Media and Freedom of Expression
  • Religious and Ethnic Minorities under Siege in South Asia
  • Selective Accountability? Legislative, Judicial & Executive Failure
  • Silencing Civil Society: Curbs on CBOs, NGOS, and INGOs

RIGHTS OF THE CHILD

  • Protection of Children from Exploitation and Denial of Justice

EQUAL ACCESS TO LAW IN SOUTH ASIA

  • Human Rights crisis in Jammu and Kashmir
  • Conflict in Afghanistan: Impact on the Rights of Women and Minorities
  • Politics Inspire Art and Art Inspires Politics
  • Fighting the Culture of Shame and Silence – Violence Against Women
  • Strengthening the Legal Constitutional Framework for the Federation and Pluralism
  • Economic and Social Inequality
  • Unwrapping State Discourse: National Security, Identity and Nation Building
  • Former – FATA Post Merger

Uncensored Sessions

Hundreds of women join protest against extrajudicial killing in Turbat

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December 1, 2023 Video by Xari Jalil LAHORE Despite the burial of Balach Mola Bakhsh, the sit-in protest in Kech. Turbat continues entering its ninth day, but...

Shock and anger as Kohistan girl murdered over doctored images

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As the murder of a young girl in Kohistan by her own family on the alleged orders of a Jirga sent shock waves across the country, police have expanded the scope of the investigation to include more relatives of the victim.

37 Days Later: Chaman Protestors Continue Sit-in

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But even now the traders collected in the sit-in are urging the Government to rethink its decision, and to allow people to cross with only their national identity cards.

Another attack on Ahmadi worship place

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A mob of about 40 unknown people attacked an Ahmadiyya worship place in Doliyan Jatan area of Kotli district, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Friday, November 24, leaving the local community in immense distress.

‘They have killed my precious one’

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A protest sit-in reached its second day at the Fida Hussain Chowk in Turbat on Friday, November 24, after a total of four people were killed in an encounter by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD). Three were identified, as Shakoor Baloch, Saif Baloch, and Balach Mola Bakhsh while one remains unknown.

AJCONF - 2019 Media Coverage

A People’s Discourse – I.A. Rehman

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The two-day Asma Jahangir Conference last Saturday and Sunday quite unobtrusively developed into a people’s assembly. Each of the scores of speakers offered a...

After Asma

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THE Asma Jahangir Conference in Lahore last weekend was a spirited attempt at highlighting some of the causes that the champion human rights campaigner...

Opening remarks by Knut Ostby, UNRC, a.i at Asma Jahangir Conference...

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Excellencies, Honourable Justices, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, It is a privilege to join you on this auspicious occasion. Allow me to express my appreciation...

‘Saira Aur Maira’ — a tribute to Asma Jahangir from daughters...

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LAHORE:Ajoka Theatre’s play “Saira Aur Maira” which enthralled the audience this weekend was in fact a tribute from Asma’s daughters to their mother, an...

Legacy of the Human Rights Icon continues – The Two-Day Asma...

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(Webdesk) – The two-day first Asma Jahangir “Justice for Empowerment Conference”, organized at Lahore’s Avari Hotel from Oct. 13-14, 2018 was concluded with a...

Political leaders demand respect for Constitution, 18th Amendment – OCTOBER 21,...

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LAHORE: Speakers in a session at the Asma Jahangir Conference on Sunday prescribed respect for the 18th Amendment and provincial autonomy that it provides,...

‘State abdicates responsibility to safeguard rights of people’ – OCTOBER 21,...

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LAHORE: “We have created two Pakistans – one for the masses and the other for the elite,” says economist Kaiser Bengali. The elite class has...

Accountability laws termed bad piece of legislation – OCTOBER 21, 2019

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LAHORE: Speakers at the Asma Jahangir Conference here on Sunday termed the current accountability law in vogue in the country a bad piece of...

Thousands resolve to carry forward Asma Jahangir’s legacy – OCTOBER 21,...

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LAHORE: The two-day ‘Asma Jahangir Conference 2019 – Roadmap for Human Rights’ concluded here on Sunday. At least 120 international and national intellectuals, jurists, politicians,...

Protest for democratic rights being suppressed – OCTOBER 21, 2019

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LAHORE: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leaders said they have to decide whether the country should be run...