Nasira Iqbal
Nasira Iqbal | |
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| Justice of the Lahore High Court | |
| In office 7 August 1994 – 20 November 2002 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 November 1940 |
| Spouse | Javed Iqbal (died 2015) |
| Relations | Allama Iqbal (father-in-law) |
| Children | Walid Iqbal Muneeb Iqbal |
| Alma mater | Kinnaird College for Women University (B.A) Punjab University (M.L) Harvard Law School (M.L) |
| Awards | Sitara-i-Imtiaz, Government of Pakistan |
Justice Nasira Javed Iqbal (Urdu: ناصرہ جاوید اِقبال) is a Pakistani jurist and law professor who served as a justice of the Lahore High Court from 1994 to 2002.[1][2][3] She is serving as the principal of Lahore School of Law.[4]
Personal life
[edit]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[5] –until his death on 3 October 2015.
Education and career
[edit]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 1994 to 2002.[1] She is also the president of an activist group, the Concerned Citizens of Pakistan Society (CCP).
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]
Awards
[edit]Among other honors, Justice (R) Nasira Javed Iqbal received Sitara-i-Imtiaz by Government of Pakistan[6], the Fatima Jinnah Medal for Women's Rights in 2006, the Woman of the Year Star Award in 2007, and the Wonder Woman Award in 2011.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Nyla Daud (5 April 2009). "Interview: Justice Nasira Iqbal". Archived from the original on 10 February 2015.
- ^ InpaperMagazine, From (24 March 2012). "Profile: Purposefully active". Dawn. Pakistan. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Interview: Justice (Retd.) Nasira Iqbal | Newsline". Newsline. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
- ^ "Permanent Faculty - Lahore School of Law". Lahore School of Law. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ "Bio of Mrs. Nasira Iqbal". Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
- ^ "President confers 116 civil awards". The Nation. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
- ^ "Justice-Nasir-Javed - Lahore School of Law". Lahore School of Law. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
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