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Pakistani Activist Mahmud Fatally Shot in Karachi

A Pakistani activist who ran Karachi's Second Floor cafe was shot dead late Friday by unknown gunmen in the port city. Sabeen Mahmud and her mother were on their way home from the cafe, known locally as T2F, when they were attacked in her car. She died on her way to the hospital. "Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot her," senior police official Tariq Dharejo said, adding that police were investigating the killing. Doctors said they extracted five bullets from Mahmud's...

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