Asma Jahangir.

Born on 27 January 1952, Asma Jilani Jahangir was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and activist who co-founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. Jehangir was born and raised in Lahore; she earned her bachelor's degree from Kinnaird before specialising in Law at the Punjab University in 1978. Throughout the 1980's, Jehangir's prominence grew due to her opposition to the military rule of Zia-ul-Haq and his overtly Islamic policies restricting certain essential freedoms, calling for a move to return Pakistan to a democracy.

Jehangir had a fiery personality and would not conform to the oppression dolled on her in an attempt to subdue her voice. Time and time again, she found herself at the center of controversial issues, with her voice often being the voice of reason. For her...