Pakistani human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi

Pakistani human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi

Police say gunmen have killed a prominent Pakistani women’s rights activist in the southern city of Karachi.

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Pakistani human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi

Karachi, Pakistan: Police say gunmen have killed a prominent Pakistani women’s rights activist in the southern city of Karachi.

Sabeen Mahmud. Image: Rob Crilly blogpost

Senior police officer Zafar Iqbal says Sabeen Mehmud was attacked on Friday night as she was returning home with her mother, who was wounded.

In a statement, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif condemned Mehmud’s assassination and ordered an investigation.

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No one has claimed responsibility, but the killing comes shortly after Mehmud organized a seminar about Baluchi nationalists who often disappear in the country’s impoverished southwestern Baluchistan province. Pakistani rights activists blame security agencies.

Mehmud was the director of the organization “Second Floor,” which includes activists, writers and intellectuals.

Associated Press

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