As a matter of great pride for Pakistan, Jalila Haider, a Quetta based human rights lawyer has made it to the British Broadcasting Corporation’s (BBC) list of 100 most inspiring and influential women from around the world for 2019.

It is worth mentioning that Jalila Haider had been a part of Center for Research and Security Studies’ (CRSS) Baloch youth leadership development initiatives of Balochistan Youth Forum and Balochistan Democracy Awareness Initiative from 2013 to 2015. These capacity building programmes aimed at providing a platform to the disgruntled Baloch youth to ventilate their grievances through dialogue with their counterpart students in the universities across Pakistan, besides civil society, academia, intelligentsia, media and diplomatic fraternities.

“CRSS was the first social and political platform where I got the chance and connect with the diverse group of youth from all around the world. There I understood the value of democracy and how can the issues be resolved if democracy is sustained in the country”, she quoted her journey with CRSS after being named in the 100 women of 2019 list.

CRSS is proud of and rooting for its alumna and wishes her best for the future endeavors.