Nasira Iqbal

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]

Nasira Iqbal
Justice of the Lahore High Court
In office 7 August 1994 – 20 November 2002
Personal details
Born	(1940-11-21) 21 November 1940 (age 85) Pakistan
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

Lahore High Court

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^[5] –until his death on 3 October 2015.

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 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

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]