Tag: Asma Jahangir Conference

Senator Azam Nazeer Tarar issued his resignation as Minister of Law and Justice on October 24 after the Asma Jahangir Conference where members of the audience made derogatory comments about the armed forces and former Army Chief General Bajwa.

Speaking in the session ‘Mainstreaming Radicalism: Legitimizing Extremists – Impact on Minorities' at the Asma Jahangir Conference 2022, minority legislators and representatives of minority communities have called on the government to end forced conversions as well as the disenfranchisement of the scheduled castes in Pakistan.

#AJCONF is open to the public with free entry. Join us on 22nd & 23rd October at Avari Hotel Lahore

Join #AJCONF at Avari Hotel Lahore on 22nd and 23rd October. Livestream available on our Facebook & YouTube

وائس پی کے کو ملنے والی مصدقہ اطلاعات کے مطابق یہ حکم پی ٹی اے نے تمام انٹرنیٹ سروسز پرووائیڈرز کو جاری کیا تھا

“Everything is a risk in Pakistan: If you defend women, it's a risk. If you defend non-Muslims, it's a risk. If you discuss religion, it's a risk. But you can't really sit there like a vegetable in your own society. And I'm committed to that society... and I feel I need to turn around and speak as I should.”

The SCBA on Tuesday said that no one was invited or given an opportunity to speak at the conference in violation of any law

CJP Gulzar Ahmed is scheduled to address the inaugural session of the 3rd Asma Jahangir Conference in the city on Saturday.