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Prominent Pakistani human rights defender and columnist I.A. Rehman has died at the age of 90, prompting an outpouring of grief and a wave of tributes to a true icon.
Rehman’s family said on April 12 that he passed away in the eastern city of Lahore after spending his life defending human rights and fighting for the rule of law and democracy in his country.
He was diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure, it said.
Tributes poured in on social media, with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi saying Pakistan had lost “a true icon.”
Rehman regularly contributed articles to Pakistani newspapers and was director of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), which called him a titan of human rights.
Kashi, Mathura Are Not About The Past; They Symbolise An Iconoclasm That Continues Even Today
by R Jagannathan - Apr 12, 2021 11:01 AM
The Gyanvapi mosque. (Wikimedia Commons)
Snapshot
Kashi and Mathura are not instances of Muslim iconoclasm and temple vandalism from some time in the distant past where despotic rulers had no compunctions about targeting Hindus.
These problems are extant today in many parts of the Indian sub-continent.
A Varanasi district courtâs order asking the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to check if there was a destroyed temple under the Gyanvapi mosque has raised liberal and Muslim hackles all around.
In this file photo, I.A. Rehman, spokesman for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), displays a copy of the State of Human Rights report in Islamabad. AFP
Dawn columnist and human rights advocate I.A. Rehman passed away in Lahore on Monday at the age of 90.
His funeral will be held at Masjid Al Quds A-1 Society Township near LRBT hospital after Isha prayers.
Rehman left behind three sons and two daughters. His wife had passed away earlier in 2015.
According to his family, he was diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure.
According to the Human Rights Office, Rehman was born in India in 1930 and served as an editor for several influential publications. He was also a founding member of the Pakistan-India People s Forum for Peace and Democracy.