Human rights activist Sabeen Mahmud was shot dead on 24 April 2015 in Karachi minutes after she attended a talk she had organised on Human rights violations in Balochistan . Activists and investigators alleged that she was killed for her activism and for being outspoken on various contentious topics , from extremism to state-sponsored abuses . The talk that Mahmud organised that night was to have been held at the Lahore University of Management Sciences , but the university cancelled it the day before under alleged pressure from government authorities . Sharif officially condemned the killing but '' Dawn '' noted that there was a little chance her murderers would be brought to justice given the recent history of impunity among those who target the country 's marginalised liberals
Human rights violations in Balochistan
Human rights violations in Balochistan
Nawaz Sharif