KARACHI: A 38-year-old faith healer was strangled to death in Rizvia Society on Wednesday, police said.

Aqib Hussain’s unclothed body was found in his home in Ali Basti, they added. He was strangled to death with the help of a dupatta, said SHO Mazhar Iqbal. He said the body was found by his wife, a teacher, when she returned from her school in the area.

Published in Dawn, February 26th, 2015

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