Police in Pakistan have launched a criminal investigation after Rabia Ahsan, a journalist and presenter for television channel 92 News, was found shot dead at her home in Rawalpindi. Her husband has been arrested in connection with the incident.
Her body was discovered on Sunday, 8 November, in the bedroom of her home on Adiala Road, with a gunshot wound to the neck.
Rawalpindi City Police Officer Hasan Mushtaq Sukhera told reporters that the journalist had been shot in the neck. Police arrested her husband and recovered a firearm from the scene.
According to initial police reports, her husband claimed that the gun had gone off accidentally. Investigators are examining the circumstances surrounding her death.
Forensic teams have also been sent to collect evidence, while her body was taken to hospital for a post-mortem examination.
Rabia Ahsan was 41 and had two daughters. Her death has prompted reactions from journalists and officials in Pakistan.
