Sabeen Mahmud received threats; Nawaz Sharif orders probe
Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead minutes after hosting seminar on abuses in troubled Balochistan
By : DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-04-26 01:46 GMT
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday ordered an investigation into the killing of prominent rights activist Sabeen Mahmud who was shot dead minutes after she hosted a seminar on abuses in troubled Balochistan province.
Mama Abdul Qadeer, a prominent Baloch rights activist and a speaker at the seminar, said Mahmud had received threats before the event. The Pakistan army also condemned the murder and asked intelligence agencies to render all assistance for investigation.