death had saddened all the quarters concerned striving for a liberal, peaceful and egalitarian Pakistan.
She said Mahmud’s killing was tantamount to ending the struggle of all people striving for the causes of the oppressed, rights of smaller provinces, women’s rights and extremism.
Shah said Mahmud’s intellectual outlook was very progressive and this had reflected in her brainchild the T2F which became the centre of important discourse on political and social issues.
She called upon the Sindh government to arrest the culprits at the earliest and make the conspiracy open to the public.
Meanwhile, in a joint statement, PPP leaders including Senator Saeed Ghani, Najmi Alam, Habibuddin Junadi, Lateef Mughal, Zulfiqar Qaimkhani, and Manzoor Abbas also condemned Mahmud’s killing and said the terrorist attack was reminiscent of the killing of Parveen Rahman.
They said the anti-social elements who had plotted to kill Mahmud should not remain under any sort of delusion that all the voices being raised against terrorism would be silenced.
They warned the attackers to refrain from killing innocent people since the entire nation would stand up and wage a joint struggle against terrorism. They also called on the government to bring the culprits to justice and provide protection to human and social rights activists.
PPI adds: The Pakistan Medical Association monthly meeting of the executive committee also categorically condemned the murder while expressing concern over the detonating law and order situation in the city.
They said the murder of Mahmud was a case of targeting a liberal voice who was instrumental in arranging dialogue on a wide range of issues. It was resolved unanimously that a high-level judicial inquiry be conducted of the attack and ascertain the hidden hands behind this cold-blooded murder. It called for exemplary punishment to all the culprits involved in Mahmud’s murder.