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Retired Justice Nasira Iqbal speaks out against jail-cramming movement
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Retired Justice Nasira Iqbal speaks out against jail-cramming movement
advised PTI to run election campaigns
LAHORE (Dunya News) – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Waleed Iqbal’s mother, retired Justice Nasira Iqbal, hit out at the 'Jail Bharo Tehreek', saying the leader asked the party workers to render sacrifices by going to jail while he himself stays out on pre-arrest bail.
Speaking to Voicepk.net, Nasira Iqbal, without naming PTI chairman Imran Khan, deplored that the leader had taken pre-arrest bail and asked everyone else to fill the jails.
She said she asked her son not to become a part of the jail-cramming movement and advised the PTI to run election campaign instead of filling the jails on the public expense.
April issue 2017
By Deneb Sumbul|Interview| Published 8 years ago
On meeting her, one can’t but help marvel at Justice (Retd.) Nasira Iqbal’s youthful appearance and boundless energy that belie her 76 years. Not only does she not look her age, she does not speak her age either. A spirited participant at the Karachi Literature Festival, she made it clear to the audience at one of her sessions, that she does not have a monopoly over Allama Iqbal — her distinguished father-in-law — like mullahs have over Islam.
Married to the son of the poet-philosopher Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal, Justice (R) Dr. Javid Iqbal (Sr.), the former Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court and a retired judge of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, Nasira did not let his stellar background eclipse her own career as a distinguished jurist, that was to follow. Motherhood and home occupied her early married life but after both her sons reached high school she chose to study law. In fact, while her sons were abroad for higher studies, she graduated from the Harvard Law School in 1986 with honours.
When her husband was the sitting LHC judge, she refrained from practicing to avoid any legal impropriety. But fate destined otherwise, and later she was one of the first five female lawyers to be elevated as High Court Judges. However, her appointment became a matter of contention, due to political reasons and differences among the judiciary.
Hers has been an unconventional career graph, encompassing, among other things teaching, social work and activism for women’s rights and human rights, and for the rule of law — she was a significant member of the Lawyers’ Movement (2007-2009). She also taught at the Punjab University for 20 years and is currently associated with the Quaid-e-Azam Law College. To add to her list of commitments she is also presently immersed in a leadership training programme that she initiated as a step towards addressing the total lack of leadership and good gover An ace graduate from Kinnaird College, Justice (retd) Nasira Iqbal entered the legal profession by default. A classic case of the committed housewife returning to academics after having done her duty, she went to law college only after she had seen her sons through high school. She later went to Harvard, but upon her return, legal propriety held her back from working in the courts — her husband was a sitting judge — till a quirk of fate catapulted her into the limelight as one of the first five Pakistani women lawyers making it to a High Court as judge. Working her way up to that prestigious position through sheer dint of intelligence and commitment, Justice Nasira Iqbal has taken everything in stride — from bearing the brunt of uncalled-for controversy surrounding her judicial elevation to fighting for the cause of women, who have been unjustifiably subjected to gender discrimination in the judicial profession, despite tremendous pressures on her. Very conscious of the iconic status of her married name — she is Allama Iqbal’s daughter-in-law — she also carries the emblem of her maiden identity as Trustee of the Ferozesons Trust and the Fatima Memorial System, a 500-bed non-profit general hospital. Currently, an active member of the CCP (Concerned Citizens of Pakistan), she spends her time studying the socio-political landscape and working towards the establishment of a fair and free judiciary, the rule of law and the grant of civil rights. In this wide-ranging interview, Justice Nasira Iqbal, who retired from the LHC in 2002, takes Newsline through her memorable journey in the corridors of law. Q: You were among the first five women to make it to the coveted post of Lahore High Court Judge (LHC) in an atmosphere of considerable in fighting between the judiciary and the executive. What was the journey like? A: When Benazir appointed 40 judges .April Issue 2009
“I see a revival of the pristine values that gave birth to Pakistan” — Justice Nasira Iqbal