Remembering Murdered Pakistani Aid Worker Parveen Rehman
Parveen Rehman (Photo: BBC)
The funeral of one of Pakistan’s top development workers – shot dead on Wednesday – has been held in Karachi. Parveen Rehman was killed by four gunmen while traveling in her car near the western Orangi area of the city. Rehman talked about threats to her life in a 2012 story on The World.
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