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Her husband was taken into custody in connection with the incident, which prompted an outpouring of grief from colleagues and members of the journalist community.Ahsan was produced before Senior Civil Judge (Criminal Division) Nasrullah Wattoo.
The investigating officer (IO) requested an extension of seven days for Ahsan's physical remand "for the purpose of conducting his polygraph test from the Punjab Forensic Science Agency" located in Lahore, the court's order noted.It further stated that the IO's request appeared to be "reasonable and genuine for the completion of the investigation", granting the four-day extension and directing the IO to produce the suspect before the court on November….
The defence counsel noted no objection to the polygraph test.Judge Wattoo also posed a series of questions to Ahsan, asking whether the pistol was loaded with a magazine, and if not, how the bullet was fired.
He asked Ahsan where he had taken the pistol out from, to which the latter replied that he had taken it out of a cupboard for cleaning."Even an empty pistol should not be kept at home," the judge said.The case against Ahsan was registered at Sadar Bairuni Police Station on the complaint of Rabia's brother, Khurram Ahmed, who accused Ahsan of shooting his sister at their home in Gulshanabad Sector….
Her sister rushed inside and found Rabia lying on the floor in a pool of blood, while Ahsan was holding a pistol.The FIR stated that Ahsan told police he had fired at his wife with the same weapon.
Police said he had failed to produce a licence or permit for the pistol.
The case was registered under Section 302 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 13(2)(a) of the Punjab Arms Amendment Ordinance.The suspect was a grade-18 officer at the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation, according to police sources.
Rabia was survived by two daughters and also ran a private salon in Islamabad.
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