Police have recovered the body of Rabia Ahsan, a television presenter, with gunshot wounds from her home in the Gulshanabad area of Rawalpindi, Pakistan. She worked as a newsreader and programme host for a private television channel. The killing took place on Sunday (8 November), Dawn reported.
Rawalpindi police took her husband into custody soon after and seized the suspected weapon. City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera confirmed this and said a detailed investigation had begun. He visited the scene himself with senior officers and a forensic team after being informed.
In a statement to police, a male domestic worker at the house said her husband had told him the gun went off by accident. Police are examining the claim.
A team from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency collected evidence from the scene, and the body was sent to hospital for a post-mortem. A case is being filed.
Pakistan’s First Lady, Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari, expressed deep grief and strongly condemned the killing. In a statement issued by the presidency, she called for an impartial and transparent investigation so that those responsible receive exemplary punishment.
She also voiced concern about the safety of working women in the same area. Recalling the mysterious death in August of digital media executive Hina Javed at her home in Rawalpindi, she said two such brutal killings of working women in succession were deeply alarming.
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