SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Asma Jahangir

1952 - 2018

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Asma Jilani Jahangir (Urdu: عاصمہ جہانگیر, romanized: ʿĀṣimah Jahāṉgīr; 27 January 1952 – 11 February 2018) was a Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist who co-founded and chaired the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and AGHS Legal Aid Cell. Jahangir was known for playing a prominent role in the Lawyers' Movement and served as the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief and as a trustee at the International Crisis Group. Born and raised in Lahore, Jahangir studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary before receiving her B.A. from Kinnaird and LLB from the Punjab University Law College in 1978 and joined the chamber of Barrister Ijaz Hussain Batalvi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Asma Jahangir has received more than 750,095 page views. Her biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Asma Jahangir is the 586th most popular social activist (down from 549th in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from Pakistan (up from 101st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Pakistani Social Activist.

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  • 51.46

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 39

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Asma Jahangir ranks 586 out of 840. Before her are Thomas Clarkson, James Meredith, Luis Taruc, Sylvia Rivera, Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, and Selena Rocky Malone. After her are Alva Belmont, Berta Cáceres, Hawa Abdi, Katie Eder, Andrea James, and Miriam Rodríguez Martínez.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1952, Asma Jahangir ranks 520. Before her are Modibo Sidibé, Peter Zoller, Vladimir Nevzorov, Patti Davis, Marilu Henner, and Seiji Ueda. After her are Heiner Brand, John Kasich, Rudolf Kargus, Soslan Andiyev, César Cueto, and Andy Fraser. Among people deceased in 2018, Asma Jahangir ranks 454. Before her are Daniel Quinn, Anatoly Lein, Nicanor de Carvalho, Ed King, Muhibbe Darga, and Mort Walker. After her are Peter G. Peterson, Emiliano Mondonico, Soslan Andiyev, XXXTentacion, Walter Bahr, and Bud Luckey.

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In Pakistan

Among people born in Pakistan, Asma Jahangir ranks 100 out of 217. Before her are Prem Chopra (1935), Mulk Raj Anand (1905), Shujaat Hussain (1946), Mirza Masroor Ahmad (1950), Ram Jethmalani (1923), and Khushwant Singh (1915). After her are Mir Hazar Khan Khoso (1929), Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1902), Khusrau Mirza (1587), Kamini Kaushal (1927), Manorama (1926), and Rab Butler (1902).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Pakistan

Among social activists born in Pakistan, Asma Jahangir ranks 5. Before her are Bhagat Singh (1907), Guru Ram Das (1534), Bacha Khan (1890), and Malala Yousafzai (1997). After her are Iqbal Masih (1983), Mukhtar Mai (1972), and Jalila Haider (1988).

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