Asma Jahangir

Asma Jahangir is one of the foremost human rights lawyers in the world and co-founder of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission. She has been Special Rapporteur of the UN Commission on Human Rights since 1998. Ms. Jahangir was one of Time Magazines Women of the Year in 2003.

Pakistan: a path through danger

Pakistan has in the last two years been living through some of the worst moments of its history - as well as its most promising. The relentless violence, assassinations, mass

By Asma Jahangir

/ 24 Mar 2009

America, Pakistan, and the limits of militarism

Dear Steve Coll, The despairing condition of my country, Pakistan, has featured little in your countrys election campaign. This neglect reflects the way that communication between Americans and Pakistanis

By Steve Coll and Asma Jahangir

/ 2 Nov 2004