(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 rich homage paid by senior lawmakers, judges, civil rights activists, diplomats and journalists to Asma...
LAHORE: Speakers in a session at the Asma Jahangir Conference on Sunday prescribed respect for the 18th Amendment and provincial autonomy that it provides, curtailment of government expenditure, protection of human rights, strengthening of democracy and rule of power...
LAHORE: “We have created two Pakistans – one for the masses and the other for the elite,” says economist Kaiser Bengali.
The elite class has created a parallel economy by setting up industries, organisations and services.
“All those who got amnesty...
LAHORE: Speakers at the Asma Jahangir Conference here on Sunday termed the current accountability law in vogue in the country a bad piece of law and called for an across-the-board accountability.
Addressing at the Legislative, Judicial & Executive Responsibility towards...
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, human rights activists, media persons and notables delivered their speeches at 20 sessions of the...
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 according to the Constitution or not, allaying concerns that protest for democratic rights has been...
LAHORE: The Asma Jahangir Conference concluded on Sunday with addresses by political party leaders Yousuf Raza Gilani, Maryam Aurangzeb and Munazza Hassan who spoke about the struggle for democracy, political emancipation of women and the freedom of the press.
Munazza...
LAHORE: Thought-provoking discussions on women’s role in various fields were part of the concluding day of Asma Jahangir conference on Sunday.
In the session ‘Politics Inspire Art and Art Inspires politics’ that was moderated by former National College of Arts...
LAHORE: Speakers at a seminar said social media trolls are busy discrediting and putting women down, and acknowledged vulnerability of all others owing to lack of online protection.
“Truth filters should be placed on social media,” suggested columnist and author...
Former prime minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Sunday said the government was introducing black laws to suppress sane political voices.
Addressing the Asma Jahangir Conference on Sunday, Gilani said, “Our government, instead of suppressing the sit-in, protected it, but today...
