Asma Jahangir Convention – Program

Asma Jahangir Convention

The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) cordially invites you to attend the Asma Jahangir Convention on 7–8 April 2018 at the Alhamra Art Center (Hall 1), The Mall, Lahore.

Being held in conjunction with Shirkatgah, the Aurat Foundation, the South Asian Free Media Association (SAFMA), Simorgh and South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK), this event is not only intended to honour the late Asma Jahangir, but also to discuss how we, as members of civil society, can pick up the mantle. At this juncture, it is critical that we reinforce old partnerships and build new ones among the different groups and causes she worked for: from lawyers, women’s rights activists and journalists to the peasants’ movement, workers’ rights and the rights of religious minorities, among countless others.

We look forward to seeing you there.

 

Dr Mehdi Hasan

Chairperson

RSVP

M. Ilyas

Tel. +92 42 3583 8341

 

Program

7 April 2018

Hall 1, Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, Lahore

3.00–4.45 PM

Session 1: ‘Remembering Asma Jahangir’

Moderated by Ghazi Salahuddin, senior journalist

I. A. Rehman, former secretary general, HRCP

Munizae Jahangir, television anchor and filmmaker

Ahmed Rashid, writer and political analyst

Uzma Noorani, co-chairperson, HRCP

Habib Tahir, vice-chair, HRCP Balochistan chapter

Husain Naqi, senior journalist

Kamran Arif, vice-chair, HRCP KP chapter

 

4.45–6.00 PM

Session 2: ‘Annual report: The state of human rights in 2017’

Moderated by Marvi Sirmed, journalist and civil society activist

Karamat Ali, executive director, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research

Pir Kaleem Khursheed, president, Supreme Court Bar Association

Akeela Naz, spokesperson, Anjuman Muzareen Punjab

Joseph Francis, national director, Centre for Legal Aid Assistance and Settlement

Farida Shaheed, executive director, Shirkatgah Women’s Resource Centre

 

6.00 PM

Tea

 

Program

8 April 2018

Hall 1, Alhamra Art Centre, The Mall, Lahore

 

‘Human rights in Pakistan: The way forward’

 9.45 – 10.00 AM

Introduction

Harris Khalique, writer and civil society activist

 

10.00 AM–12.00

Session 1

Pakistan’s sociopolitical crisis

Moderated by Saroop Ijaz, lawyer

I. A. Rehman (keynote speaker)

Rubina Saigol, academic

Hina Jilani, lawyer and human rights activist

Farhatullah Babar, former senator

 

12.00–2.00 PM

Session 2

The rights of the disadvantaged

Moderated by Ammar Ali Jan, civil society activist

and Mehmal Sarfraz, journalist

Peter Jacob, executive director, Centre for Social Justice

Kalpana Devi, lawyer and rights activist

Qamar Suleman, rights activist

Zahra Batool, rights activist

Karamat Ali, executive director, PILER

Farooq Tariq, national spokesperson, Awami Workers’ Party

Afrasiab Khattak, senator (keynote speaker)

 

2.00–2.45 PM

Lunch

 

3.00–5.00 PM

Session 3

Movements for change

Moderated by Marvi Sirmed, journalist and civil society activist

Mohammad Tahseen, executive director, SAP-PK

Zulfiqar Halepoto, writer and activist

Rafay Alam, lawyer and environmental activist

Farooq Tariq, national spokesperson, Awami Workers’ Party

 

5.00–5.30 PM

Conclusion

Going forward

Hina Jilani, lawyer and human rights activist

 

5.30 PM

Tea

 

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