Dad is a lawyer by profession and practices criminal and
family law. Dad led campaigns to protect online freedom of speech in Pakistan as well campaigns against legislation that gives the government broad powers of surveillance online, most notable one is the controversial Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill 2015. Conference in November 2017. Board members Nighat Dad and Maria Farrell with aspiring board member
Azmina Dhrodia In 2015, she was named in the
TIME magazine's list of
Next Generation Leaders, for helping Pakistani women fight online harassment. In 2016, she was awarded the Atlantic Council Digital Freedom Award and
Dutch government's
Human Rights Tulip award. She is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by
Reporters Without Borders. Since 2018, she has been a lawyer in
Ali Zafar vs. Meesha Shafi case, representing Shafi. In November 2018 she joined
The Tor Project's board of directors. On 6 May 2020,
Facebook appointed her to its
content oversight board. In 2023, Nighat Dad was made a member of the UNSG's new AI Advisory Board. ==See also==