Police say Rabia Ahsan was shot below the neck at her home in Rawalpindi, while her husband claims the firing was accidental.
RAWALPINDI:Â Television host Rabia Ahsan was shot dead at her residence in Gulshanabad Sector 2, Rawalpindi, with police arresting her husband and recovering a pistol in connection with the incident.
According to police, Rabia sustained a gunshot wound below the neck. Police officials reached the scene after receiving information about the incident and called forensic teams to collect evidence.
Police said Rabia’s husband had been taken into custody and the suspected weapon used in the shooting had also been recovered.
During questioning, the husband reportedly told police that the gun went off accidentally. However, the circumstances surrounding the shooting remain under investigation, and his statement has not independently established how the incident occurred.
According to information shared by Rabia’s family with her colleagues in the media, the incident took place following an argument between the couple. Her husband is reportedly a government employee, while the couple had two daughters.
Rabia had been associated with the media industry for several years. She was part of the team during the early days of Hum News before opening a beauty salon in Islamabad’s F-7 sector. She later joined 92 News, where she was working as a programme host.
One detail that has emerged from the information shared by her family concerns her final communication with colleagues. Rabia reportedly spoke to some of her media colleagues over the phone approximately one hour before the emergency call was made to police through the 15 helpline.
The sequence of events, the reported argument between the couple and the husband’s statement about accidental firing are among the matters that investigators will need to examine.
Police have recovered the pistol and detained the husband as part of the investigation. Further details about the circumstances of the shooting and the findings of the forensic examination are awaited.
The incident has left Rabia’s family, colleagues and members of the media community mourning her death.
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