Pakistan, Sept. 6 -- A renowned social activist and a journalist from Gwadar, Shaheena Shaheen, was on Saturday shot dead by unidentified men in Turbat, a private TV channel reported.

According to police, she was killed at a housing quarter in Turbat and unidentified men left her body at a hospital. Shaheena Shaheen was also an editor of a Balochi magazine. Law enforcing authorities have shifted the body to the hospital for medico-legal formalities besides also starting a probe into the matter.

It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of violence including attacks on security personnel have been reported from the Turbat area in past.

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