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MapRawalpindi Court Grants Police Two-Day Physical Remand in Rabia Ahsan Killing
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Rabia Ahsan shot dead at her Rawalpindi home; husband detained by police. Rawalpindi court grants police two-day physical remand for the husband.
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Court Orders Remand
A Rawalpindi court granted police two-day physical remand of Ahsan, the husband of anchorperson Rabia Ahsan, after police said she was shot dead at home in the Gulshanabad area a day earlier. City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Sukhera told reporters that Rabia Ahsan was found with a gunshot wound below her neck, and police said a first information report was registered at Saddar Beruni police station under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 2-A of the Punjab Arms Amendment Ordinance, 2015.
Police took the suspect into custody after Area Magistrate Talat Waheed approved the two-day physical remand, and the judge directed police to produce the suspect at the expiry of the remand period. Police said a male domestic worker informed them that the victim’s husband claimed the gunshot had been fired accidentally, and First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari expressed “deep sadness over the killing” while calling for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation.
Confession, Weapon, Injuries
Police recovered a pistol suspected to be the murder weapon, and forensic experts visited the couple’s residence while teams from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency collected evidence. The FIR copy shared on social media invoked Section 302 and described Rabia Ahsan as 41, with police finding a bullet wound below her neck and another wound on the right side of her back.
The Punjab Forensic Science Authority recovered the murder weapon, a .30-bore pistol and ammunition, and a domestic worker told police that Tahir said the gunshot had been fired accidentally. NDTV said the FIR copy shared on social media invoked Section 302 and described Rabia Ahsan as 41, with police finding a bullet wound below her neck and another wound on the right side of her back.
Investigation and Accountability
Police and forensic teams continued to work at the Gulshanabad residence on Adiala Road, where CPO Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera said the husband was detained and the suspected weapon had been seized as an investigation was underway. The husband was taken into custody after a complaint filed by her brother, and police sought physical custody for further investigation after presenting the suspect before Area Magistrate Talat Waheed.
The Presidency statement quoted by NDTV said the First Lady called for a thorough, impartial and transparent investigation to establish the facts and ensure that those responsible are held accountable. The First Lady recalled the killing of Hina Javed, a 45-year-old digital media executive found dead at her Rawalpindi residence in August, and the outcome of the investigation into that case was still awaited.