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Remembering Sabeen Mahmud right way: artistically, courageously & freely

June 20 is the day many artists, and those aggrieved yet silenced, are grateful for as it marks the birthday of Sabeen Mahmud: harbinger...

‘Hardcore terrorists’ involved in Sabeen murder, Safoora carnage sentenced to death

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff General Raheel Sharif has confirmed death sentences awarded to five hardcore terrorists involved in high-profile cases including human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud murder, Safoora Chowrangi carnage and bomb blast outside a Bohra community mosque in Karachi, ARY News reported.

T2F’s Sabeen Mahmud remembered on first death anniversary

KARACHI: The first death anniversary of Sabeen Mahmud, the director of non-government organization The Second Floor (T2F) is being observed today.

Police uncover women-led Islamic State fundraising network: official

KARACHI: Police in Pakistan's port city of Karachi said they were hunting a network of women from well-off families acting as fundraisers for the Islamic State group, highlighting its growing appeal among the country's middle classes.

Pakistan’s ‘war on terror’ failing in fight against extremism: activists

ISLAMABAD: Worshippers at the infamous Red Mosque in the Pakistani capital Islamabad still gather in their hundreds for Friday prayers, but the fiery sermons calling for Sharia led by cleric Maulana Abdul Aziz are now a thing of the past.

T2F nominated for Dutch Human Right Tulip Award

KARACHI: The Second Floor (T2F) which calls itself a community space for open dialogue has been nominated for Dutch Human Right Tulip Award, ARY News reports.

Sabeen Mahmud's driver gunned down in Karachi

Co-founder of the T2F cafe in Karachi and slain human rights activist, Sabeen Mahmud's driver was shot dead in Karachi.

Police say recover hit-list from Safoora bus attackers containing names of journalists, fashion designers

KARACHI: One of the top officials of Karachi police on Wednesday claimed to have recovered a hit-list from Safoora bus attack suspects, containing names of journalists, fashion designers and government officials.

Saad Aziz nominated in two new cases

KARACHI: Prime suspect of the Safoora carnage Saad Aziz has been nominated in two new cases.  

Saad Aziz’s Road to Radicalization

It is now emerging, according to the account of senior Karachi police officials who have interrogated Saad Aziz, that he targeted social activist and entrepreneuer Sabeen Mahmud because of her liberal views and because, according to him, she campaigned against Lal Masjid cleric Maulvi Abdul Aziz.

I want her to be remembered as a human being who cared very deeply for people who were oppressed: Sabeen Mahmud’s mother

Speaking to a leading English magazine, mother of slain Pakistani activist Sabeen Mahmud spoke about the night of the fateful shooting and revealed what Sabeen was like in person.

ANALYSIS: Why are people surprised that Sabeen Mahmud’s alleged killer is an IBA grad?

There seems to be considerable shock and surprise by people, especially those who constitute the bulk of the country's civil society elite, at the revelation by the Sindh Chief Minister Qaim Ali Shah that the alleged mastermind of Sabeen Mahmud's killing is Saad Aziz, a 2011 graduate of the prestigious IBA, Karachi.

PPP’s Sohail Siyal made Sindh Home Minister

KARACHI: The PPP legislator Sohail Anwar Siyal has taken oath as Sindh Home Minister, ARY News reported.

IBA grad’s alleged involvement in Sabeen murder case triggers intense Twitter debate

After a former IBA graduate Saad Aziz was alleged to be the mastermind of Sabeen Mahmud's murder in Karachi,Twitter sparked with an intense debate between those who demanded that action be taken against the reputable institute in the same fashion it is usually taken against Madressahs or religious seminaries.

How come an IBA student became Sabeen Mahmud’s alleged killer?

KARACHI: CM Sindh Qaim Ali Shah revealed yesterday that the mastermind of Sabeen Mahmud's murder was an IBA graduate named Saad Aziz. Aziz was also involved in the Safoora bus attack, ARY News reported.

T2F reopens on Sunday

KARACHI: The Second Floor (T2F) is all set to reopen on from Sunday after the killing of its founder Sabeen Mahmud, ARY News reports.

Sabeen Mahmud remembered at elite US universities including Harvard

By Web Desk Students at America's prestigious Harvard University in the state of Massachusetts on April 29 held a vigil for slain Pakistani rights campaigner and activist Sabeen Mahmud.

Key ‘suspect’ in Sabeen Mahmud’s murder arrested

KARACHI: The law enforcement agencies (LEAs) on Wednesday claimed to have arrested a key suspect in connection to murder of human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud, ARY News reported.

The Second Floor — Sabeen Mahmud’s brainchild — says will stay closed “till further notice”

In a Facebook post put up on its Facebook page on the evening of April 28, The Second Floor -- the brainchild of Sabeen Mahmud who was killed by unidentified men in Karachi on April 24 -- announced that it was closing till further notice.

Investigators hunt for clues to Sabeen Mahmud’s murder

KARACHI/ISLAMABAD: Pakistani investigators have found no match for casings of bullets that killed a prominent human rights activist, dashing hopes for quick answers to a murder that has raised fears for the safety of dissenting voices.
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