Jahangir had a cardiac arrest in Lahore and died this morning.
Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist Asma Jahangir, 66, died in Lahore, Sunday.
Her family told DawnNews that she had a cardiac arrest and died soon after being shifted to a hospital.
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Jahangir served as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan from 2010 to 2012, and cofounded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in 1987.
She remained in office at the Human Rights Commission until 2011, serving in as its secretary general and later as chair. Before her death, she had been working as the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Iran.
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Jahangir is hailed as a South Asian feminist icon for her endless efforts towards women's liberation, and the abolishment of misogynistic laws and practices.
She notably critiqued the misogynistic and barbaric Hudood Ordinance, enacted in 1997 under Zia-ul-Haq, among other Pakistani laws that were misogynistic, archaic, and discriminatory towards religious minorities.
She wrote two books, titled The Hudood Ordinance: A Divine Sanction and Children of a Lesser God.
In the photo above, she is addressing a protest rally in 2009 against the public flogging of a veiled woman.
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She received several awards, both national and international, for her incalculable efforts for human rights everywhere.
In Pakistan, she was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the second and third highest civilian honours.
Internationally, she was awarded the UNESCO/Bilbao Prize for the Promotion of a Culture of Human Rights, an Officier de la Légion d'honneur by France, the 2010 Freedom of Worship Award, Martin Ennals Award for Human Rights Defenders, and the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Here, she is receiving the Right Livelihood Award in Sweden in 2014.
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