Director T2F Sabeen Mahmud shot dead in Karachi
Found on Dawn on Sunday, 26 April 2015
Sabeen, accompanied by her mother, left T2F after 9pm on Friday evening and was on her way home when she was shot by unidentified gunmen in Defence Phase-II, sources confirmed. She died on her way to the hospital. Doctors said they retrieved five bullets from her body, which has now been shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre.
A rebel’s daughter who gave up a life of Tetris, Mac doodling and professional cricket (after three knee injuries) to start a NGO that promotes the arts, culture, science, technology, activism and advocacy… and she did it all just to make some new friends, and maybe start some interesting conversations.
At the same time, women in Europe and the US complain that they are oppressed and cannot freely express themselves. Maybe they should realize that in too many other countries women have a by far worse everyday life and that it would be better to focus on helping them; but then they are far away and egoism is a strong part of human's nature.