Saturday, 25 April 2015

Sabeen Mahmud’s murder case lodged



KARACHI: The murder case of Sabeen Mahmud has been lodged at the Defence police station of the city on Saturday.

The case was lodged on the complaint of Sabeen’s injured mother. The case has been lodged under anti-terrorism, murder and causing injury provisions.

Sabeen Mahmud, director at The Second Floor (T2F) was gunned down by unidentified armed assailants on Friday night.

Her funeral will be held in T2F at 3:30PM while the funeral prayer will be held at Masjid-e-Mustafa in DHA Phase 1 at 5:15PM.

According to the initial investigation, Sabeen was driving her car and her mother was in the passenger seat when she was shot at a traffic light near the Defence Library. Two men on a motorcycle had approached the vehicle and opened fire. Sabeen was shot four times and passed away on the way to the hospital. Sabeen’s mother was also shot in the attack.

Sabeen, accompanied by her mother was returning home after hosting a seminar at the T2F premises in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase-II.

Both Sabeen and her mother were rushed to a nearby hospital where Sabeen succumbed to her wounds.

DG ISPR Major General Asim Bajwa condemned the tragic and unfortunate killing of Sabeen Mahmud. He tweeted that intelligence agencies had been tasked to render all possible assistance to investigating agencies.

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