Summary The right activist on Friday was shot dead by unidentified men in Karachi .
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has strongly condemned the brutal killing of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
Director General ISPR, Asim Bajwa expressed condolences with the victim’s family on twitter.
We condemn the tragic & unfortunate killing of Ms Sabeen Mahmud.Our heart goes out to bereaved family at this sad moment-1/2
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 25, 2015
He also said that intelligence agencies have been tasked to assist in the investigation of the killing.
We condemn the tragic & unfortunate killing of Ms Sabeen Mahmud.Our heart goes out to bereaved family at this sad moment-1/2
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 25, 2015
Earlier, Director of The Second Floor T2F has on Friday been shot dead by unidentified men in Karachi while returning home from her café in Sunset Lane, Karachi. Sabeen was on her way to home along with her mother when she was attacked. Her mother has also been critically injured but guard remained safe, reported Dunya News.
Sabeen’s dead body has been shifted to Jinnah Hospital according to hospital management. Hospital management told that her body received 5 bullets.
SSP South has said that Sabeen had been receiving threats. He said that her phone call record will be checked in order to get to the bottom of this horrific murder.
An event was held at T2F on Friday titled #UnsilencingBalochistan and she was returning just after holding the event when she was targeted. Wusatullah Khan, Mama Qadeer, Farzana Baloch and Mir Muhammad Ali Talpur attended the event.
T2F has always been described as a community space for open dialogue and Sabeen had been her founder director. Although it is a book store and café in its outlook, it is actually a space for intellectuals of all kinds, a place where they can share their thoughts with each other. Even the subjects most feared to be discussed in open were discussed by the people of intellect on this forum.
As soon as the news was aired on the TV, Twitter was abuzz with condemnation and demands for justice for Sabeen.
It was a damage most people couldn t take that easily. They were left speechless.
