While condemning the killing of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, Director General ISPR General Asim Bajwa said on Saturday that intelligence agencies would provide all assistance in the investigation of the murder.
“Intelligence agencies have been tasked to render all possible assistance to investigating agencies for the apprehension of perpetrators and bring them to justice,” Gen Bajwa tweeted.
Int agencies been tasked 2 render all possible assistance 2 investigating agencies 4 apprehension of perpetrators &bring them to justice-2/2
— AsimBajwaISPR (@AsimBajwaISPR) April 25, 2015
Gen Bajwa also extended his sympathies and condolences to Mahmud’s family.
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
Mahmud was shot dead late Friday evening as she was on her way home after hosting a seminar on the troubled region of Balochistan at her cafe The Second Floor, t2F.
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The session, ‘Unsilencing Balochistan (Take 2)’, featured the chairperson of Voice for Missing Baloch Persons (VBMP), Mama Qadeer. This was the same session which was due to be held at LUMS a few weeks ago, but was cancelled at the last minute.
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