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Pakistani television news presenter Rabia Ahsan was shot dead at her residence in Gulshanabad, Rawalpindi, police said.
Her body was recovered from her home, where she lived with her husband. She worked as a newsreader and programme host for a local private television channel.
According to a report by The Tribune, citing PTI on Monday (November 9), police have detained her husband and seized a suspected firearm in connection with the incident.
City Police Officer (CPO) Hasan Mushtaq Sukhera said the husband had been taken into custody and an investigation was underway. He visited the crime scene along with senior police officials and forensic experts.
A male domestic worker told police that the husband had claimed the gun went off accidentally.
Teams from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency (PFSA) are collecting evidence from the scene, while the body has been sent to hospital for an autopsy, the CPO said.
A case has been registered and an investigation is ongoing.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari strongly condemned the killing and expressed deep sorrow over the incident.
In a statement issued by the Presidency, she called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation to establish the facts and ensure accountability.
She also expressed concern over what she described as an alarming pattern of violence against professional women in the same metropolitan area.
Recalling the killing of 45-year-old digital media executive Hina Javed, who was tortured and killed at her residence in Rawalpindi in August, she said the outcome of the investigation into that case remained unknown.
