A leading Pakistani human rights activist has been shot dead in Karachi, shortly after hosting an event detailing torture in Balochistan.
Sabeen Mehmud, director of the charity The Second Floor (T2F), was killed as gunmen opened fire on her vehicle leaving a seminar she hosted on torture in Balochistan. Her mother, who was also in the car, was injured in the attack.
The event, entitled “Unsilencing Baluchistan”, looked at human rights abuses and allegations of torture carried out by the Pakistani military as it battled separatists in the region. It was due to take place in Lahore, but was cancelled by university authorities there and shifted to the T2F offices in Karachi.