“Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then ...” — Asma Jahangir Quote

“Even when we talked about child labor, we were frowned upon. But then you know that you have to speak the truth irrespective of the repercussions.”

“When the Bangladesh war happened, people in Pakistan who did not support it were called unpatriotic. My father was in the jail at that time, and a lot of those who knew my family used to call us children of a traitor.”

“The Army is into every business in this country. Except hairdressing.”

“You gotta call it out first; it always has to be called out when we need social change, but this is how social change happens: you call it out. People had to call out child labor. People had to call out, 'Hey time's up; we need to vote. We live in this country.' People had to call out 'time's up' on enslaving people, you know.”