KARACHI — 2015 · Murder
Murder of Sabeen Mahmud
Sabeen Mahmud, a human rights advocate who founded the Karachi cultural and debate space 'The Second Floor' (T2F), was shot dead in the Defence area on the evening of 24 April 2015 as she drove away after hosting a panel on enforced disappearances in Balochistan; her mother, who was with her, was wounded. The case was registered under anti-terrorism law. Counter-terrorism police soon arrested members of a militant cell that was also found to have carried out the Safoora Goth bus attack in Karachi that year. In 2016 a military court sentenced five defendants to death, but the sentences and appeals remained unresolved for years. Her family said it chose to keep her legacy alive rather than dwell on justice.
- Date
- 2015
- Place
- Defence, Sindh, Pakistan, Karachi, PK
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Solved
- Coordinates
- 24.8100, 67.0600 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 24 April 2015Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead after leaving T2F.
- May 2015Counter-terrorism police arrested suspects.
- 2016A military court sentenced five defendants to death.
- 2025A decade on, appeals were still pending.
Sources
- Dawn — Director T2F Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi dawn.com ↗
- Dawn — 10 years after Sabeen Mahmud's murder dawn.com ↗
- Express Tribune — Two years on, still no justice for Sabeen Mahmud tribune.com.pk ↗
- Wikipedia — Sabeen Mahmud en.wikipedia.org ↗
- Dawn
- Express Tribune
- Wikipedia
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🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.