"My client pleads not guilty, yer honor. Da witnesses is all dead!"
Ghulam Abbas, a police constable, who used to work as a part-time driver for Ms Mahmud, was bumped off in Korangi area of the city. He was a key witness to the killing of Ms Mahmud in April 2015 -- just after she had organised a seminar on Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
's missing persons at T2F.
Take a look: Director T2F Sabeen Mahmud rubbed out 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...
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"The victim, Ghulam Abbas, was an important witness of the case and his murder underlines the urgency of protecting the remaining witnesses," said Counter-Terrorism Department official Raja Umer Khattab.
Mr. Khattab was instrumental in arresting five accused who were also allegedly involved in killing over 40 members of the Shia Ismaili community near Safoora Goth, among other cases.
According to Mr. Khattab, Sabeen Mahmud's driver's murder was an act of assassination.
Khattab said Ghulam Abbass was sitting on the rear seat of the car when Sabeen Mahmud was attacked as she was driving herself.