Baloch­istan lawyer has long fought for rights of underp­rivile­gedQUETTA: One of Pakistan’s human rights lawyers, Jalila Haider, has made it to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) distinguished list of 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019. She is the first female lawyer from the persecuted Hazara community and, in 2018, had gone on a hunger strike to demand protection for it. “Wow, this is an honour for me that I am among the BBC’s 100 women list for 2019 from Pakistan. Haider said that, being a member of the Hazara community, she had been pressured by both state and non-state actors to stop her work many times in the past. Talking about the women of the Hazara community, she said they, much like the women of other marginalized communities, had been oppressed and pledged to fight for their liberty.

Source: The Express Tribune October 16, 2019 14:29 UTC