Asma Jahangir is a human rights activist and lawyer who
(COME) from Pakistan. She
(SPEND) most of her career working for the rights of women, religious minorities and children in her own country. Repeatedly, she
(DEFEND) victims of rape, women trying to get a divorce from violent husbands, and people accused of blasphemy. Furthermore, she
(CAMPAIGN) against child labour, and been a constant critic of political parties in Pakistan.

Her father
(BE) also a controversial figure in Pakistan and
(SPEND) much of his life in and out of prison for his political views until a fanatic
(SHOOT) him in 1989.
In 1995, Asma
(RECEIVE) numerous death threats for her defence of a 14-year-old Christian boy sentenced to death because someone
(SAY) that he
(WRITE) blasphemous words against Islam on the wall of a mosque. In late 1999, Asma and her sister Shihayya, who
(BE) also a lawyer and activist, once more
(SUFFER) death threats after they
(REPRESENT) Samia Sawar, a 32-year-old woman who
(TRY) to divorce her husband because of his violent behaviour. Before suing for divorce, Samia
(ASK) her family for help but they
(REFUSE) to help her obtain a divorce. When she
(CONTINUE) in her efforts to get a divorce, her family
(PAY) someone

to murder her in broad daylight in Asma’s and her sister’s office. Apparently, Samia’s family
(BELIEVE) that her actions
(DISHONOUR) them.

Despite everything, Asma Jahangir still
(THINK) that, eventually, change
(COME) to her country, but not because of anything the government
(DO,
possibility).
She
(THINK) that it
(BE) the ordinary people of a country who
(CREATE) change in society because they
(STRUGGLE,
obligation / necessity) to survive all their life.