Court hands over TV anchor Rabia Ahsan's husband to police for 4 more days

A court in Rawalpindi on Tuesday granted police four more days of physical remand of Ahsan, the husband of slain anchorperson Rabia Ahsan, as investigators continued probing her killing.

Ahsan was brought before Judge Muhammad Nasrullah Wattoo after his initial one-day remand ended. The investigating officer sought a seven-day extension, stating that further interrogation was needed to advance the investigation.

The court noted that Ahsan had been named in the FIR and that a pistol had been recovered from him. It allowed a four-day extension and ordered police to present him again on November 14. The investigating officer was also directed to complete the investigation and submit the relevant record. No lawyer represented the suspect at the hearing.

Police have also decided to subject Ahsan to a polygraph test at the Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore on Wednesday (November 11), according to the application submitted for his remand.

Investigators cited alleged inconsistencies in his statements and said the test results, expected on Saturday, could help clarify the circumstances of the shooting.

Rabia, who worked for 92 News and had co-hosted a current affairs programme with senior journalists Amir Mateen and Rauf Klasra, was shot dead at her home in Rawalpindi’s Gulshanabad area on November 8.