Pakistan dispatch: judges, lawyers and other luminaries gather to celebrate the legacy of Pakistan human rights pioneer Asma Jahangir

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Pakistan dispatch: judges, lawyers and other luminaries gather to celebrate the legacy of Pakistan human rights pioneer Asma Jahangir

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu Bakar Khan is a final year law student at University Law College, University of the Punjab. He files this dispatch from Lahore.  Lahore hosted the 5th Asma Jahangir Conference, titled ‘People’s Mandate: Safeguarding Civil Rights in South Asia’, on the weekend of April 27th and 28th. The event attracted a diverse array of …