Aitzaz Ahsan in LSE London

In the wake of the dismissal of Chief Justice of Pakistan, Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Mr Aitzaz Ahsan spearheaded a popular campaign for the restoration of judiciary. He is mastermind of Pakistan’s lawyers’ movement, it is also one of the most important social movements in the history of Pakistan, whereby hundreds of thousands of lawyers trained in the British legal tradition have come out on the streets to demand rule of law and the separation of powers between the executive and the judiciary.
Mr. Aitzaz Ahsan studied law at Cambridge University and was called to the bar at Gray’s Inn in 1967. He served as the minister of law, justice, interior and education in Pakistan between 1988 and 1993. Elected to the Senate of Pakistan in 1994, he was, successively, the leader of the House and the leader of the Opposition between the years 1996 and 1999. He is a senior advocate in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. He is also a human rights activist and a founder vice-president of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan. He has published two books Divided by Democracy (2005) and with Professor Lord Meghnad Desai, Indus Saga (1997). Mr Ahsan has recently been elected to an honorary fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge.
This event is free and open to all with no ticket required. Entry is on a first come, first served basis. For more information, email su.soc.pakistan@lse.ac.uk