Asma Jahangir Conference

[1] Asia program coordinator of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Steven Butler, was deported from Lahore Airport citing the "stop list" in 2019.

The conference created a space for the legal community that was much-needed at a time when civil discourse has and continues to be severely constrained by censorship and the clamp down on freedom of expression.

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 .

[15] A lawsuit has been filed against Manzoor Pashteen for inciting people against institutions in Lahore after he delivered a speech at this meeting on behalf of the Pashtun Protection Movement.

The keynote address of the fifth conference was by Senior Punie Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan, Justice Mansoor Ali Shah.

German Ambassador to Pakistan Alfred Grannas was speaking during the fifth Asma Jahangir Conference when he was interrupted by a pro-Palestinian protester.