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Nasira Iqbal
Pakistani jurist
JusticeNasira Javid Iqbal (Urdu: ناصرہ جاوید اِقبال) is a Pakistanijurist and law professor who served as a justice of the Lahore High Court from to [1][2][3]
Education and career
Nasira Iqbal has a degree in intellectual property law from Punjab University, a Master of Laws degree (cum laude) from Harvard Law School, and a Master of Laws from Punjab University. As a legal scholar, she has lectured around the world and represented Pakistan at various international forums.[citation needed]
She was one of the first five women to be appointed to the Lahore High Court, where she served as a justice from to [1] She is also the president of an activist group, the Concerned Citizens of Pakistan Society (CCP). Among other honors, she received the Fatima Jinnah Medal for Women's Rights in , the Woman of the Year Star Award in , and the Wonder Woman Award in [citation needed]
Iqbal has been a member of the Supreme Court Bar Association of Pakistan, the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan, and the Pakistani delegation to the Human Rights Commission in Geneva. She is also a former president of the Lahore High Court Bar Association. Currently, she is a member of the executive committee of the Public Interest Law Association of Pakistan (PILAP); an honorary legal advisor to the International Women's Club, Lahore, and the All Pakistan Women's Association, Punjab; a trustee of Transparency International; and a member of the Pakistan Women Lawyers' Association.[citation needed]
Personal life
Nasira Iqbal was married to Javid Iqbal– a former chief justice of the Lahore High Court, member of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, and son of the poet and philosopher Muhammad Iqbal[4] –until his death on 3 October