assassinated women 's rights activist sabeen mahmud 's sandals remain in the footwell of her car , where she was gunned down on friday night .
photographs taken of her vehicle show her sandals remained resting in the footwell of the driver 's seat .
while investigators declined to speculate on a motive for the killing , friends and colleagues immediately described her death as a targeted assassination in pakistan - a country with a nascent democracy where the military and intelligence services still hold tremendous sway .