Pakistan forms committee to review Hina Javed murder case — Dawn
In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the Punjab provincial government has formed a committee of three officials to review the investigation into the murder of 45-year-old Hina Javed. Her husband Faisal Imam and domestic worker Zeeshan Arshad, who were named in the case, are being held in Adiala Jail in judicial custody, Dawn reports.
Committee composition
The committee will be headed by Sohail Chattha, Additional Inspector General of the Crime Control Department. It also includes Lahore Deputy Inspector General of Police Shoaib Khurram Janbaz and Rawalpindi Senior Superintendent of Police for investigations Saifullah.
According to the outlet's sources, the committee was formed on the instructions of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Its members are expected to arrive in Rawalpindi this week, visit the scene and review the progress of the investigation, which has so far been conducted by local police.
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Forensic materials
Rawalpindi police have received the forensic examination results and the final autopsy report. According to Dawn, the documents contain information on signs of torture and other important evidence. The outlet's sources also claim that the findings of the Punjab Forensic Science Agency contain information about the possible role of the domestic worker in the case. Police are to hand the materials over to the committee after it arrives in the city.
According to the preliminary autopsy findings and a police report, Javed's body was found in the bathroom of her apartment on August 21. The documents indicated a strangulation mark on her neck, an injury below her right lip and bleeding from her nose. According to police, the body was partially suspended from the shower, the woman's hands were tied behind her back, and there was a wire noose around her neck.
The case was registered at the Civil Lines police station following a complaint by the deceased woman's brother, Fahad Javed. The complaint also names the woman's 78-year-old father-in-law. Javed's family had previously appealed to a parliamentary committee and the National Commission for Human Rights, raising concerns about the work of Rawalpindi police.
