The outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed on Sunday that they are not involved in the brutal murder of rights activist Sabeen Mahmud.
“We categorically deny involvement in the murder of Sabeen Mahmud,” TTP spokesperson Mohammad Khorasani was quoted as saying.
Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead the director of the popular arts centre, T2F, shortly after she had hosted a seminar on the troubled region of Balochistan at her cafe.
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.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for Sabeen’s murder. However, sources say the slain activist has been receiving threats.
The police registered a case against unidentified persons under terrorism charges on behalf of Sabeen’s mother, who was critically wounded in the attack and is admitted in hospital.