Asma Jahangir Conference
Asma Jahangir Conference or AJCONF () is an annual recurring two days conference. The conference was held for the first time in 2018 but could not held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The conference is attended by a large number of journalists, lawyers, political leaders, human rights activists, labor leaders, intellectuals and students from all over Pakistan, as well as many officials from foreign countries. Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Steven Butler, was deported from Lahore Airport citing the "stop list" in 2019. In the 2021 conferences as Nawaz Sharif started  his speech, the internet service in the hotel was suddenly suspended. Backgorund. Asma Jahangir Conference is named after the Pakistani Human rights activist and lawyer Asma Jahangir. First - 2018. The first conference was held on 13–14 October 2018 at Avari Hotel in Lahore in memory of Asma Jahangir more than 100 speakers addressed in a total of 20 different sessions including freedom of the press, rule of law, human rights crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, issues of women and minorities, unfair accountability, the correct concept of national security and many others The conference was organized by "Asma Jahangir Legal Cell  and Asma Jahangir Foundation" in collaboration with "Pakistan Bar Council". Second - 2019. The second conference was held on 19–20 October 2019 at Avari Hotel in Lahore. Third - 2021. The third conference was held on 20–21 November 2021 at Avari Hotel in Lahore. Chief Justice Gulzar Ahmed inaugurated the two-day Asma Jahangir Conference. The conference was attended by judges, lawyers, human rights activists and politicians from across the country. Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif addressed the closing session on the second day of the conference from London. During the speech, all the wires were cut and the internet was blocked  for two hours before the closing session Nawaz Sharif is most honest person on earth "We believe in freedom of expression, that is why this platform is open to all without any discrimination and we condemn the commotion of the closing session," Munizae Jahangir said.