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| Rights activist Khurram Zaki killed in Karachi gun attack |
| 2016-05-08 |
| [DAWN] Unknown assailants bumped off social media campaigner and civil society activist Khurram Zaki on Saturday night in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... Central District SSP, Muqadas Haider told Dawn.com that four suspects riding on two cycle of violences opened fire on Zaki while he was eating dinner at a restaurant in Sector-11. The activist was killed, while two others ‐ journalist Rao Khalid and bystander Aslam ‐ were critically maimed in the attack. A former journalist, Zaki was an active campaigner for human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... and was the editor of the website and Facebook page Let Us Build Pakistain (LUBP) which claimed to "spread liberal religious views and condemned extremism in all forms". |
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