Who is a lawyer and a pakistani human rights activist passed away in February 2018
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A leading Pakistani lawyer and human rights activist, Asma Jahangir, has died in the eastern city of Lahore at age 66.
Local media reported Jahangir died in a hospital on Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest.
"She was always on the front line for progressive voices, even when democracy was under threat," said Sherry Rehman, an opposition senator in Pakistan's parliament and Jahangir's friend.
"As a close friend, we bickered on issues, but she introduced me to human rights when I was a young journalist," she told Al Jazeera. "We are all reeling from shock, the global human rights community is bereft - one of Pakistan's brightest faces is gone."
Known for her persistence on advocating for issues including women's rights and discrimination against minorities, Jahangir was the first woman to serve as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan.
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Asma jahangir.
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She is a lawyer and a Pakistani human rights activist...... But she passed away in Feb 2018...