PTV's director IT, wife found dead under mysterious circumstances in Rawalpindi home
An IT official employed in the state-owned Pakistan Television (PTV) and his wife were found dead under mysterious circumstances in their Rawalpindi house on Tuesday, with police saying the cause of their deaths has yet to be determined.
The bodies of 55-year-old Fakhar Hameed, an IT director at PTV, and his wife, 50-year-old Humaira Hameed, were found in a bathroom in their home on Data Ganj Baksh Road in Sadiqabad area.
The couple's seven-year-old daughter told the police that upon returning from school, she saw both her parents lying on the bathroom floor, SP Rawal division Behram Khan told DawnNews.
He said when police reached the house after being alerted about the deaths, they found Hameed without any clothes on his body and some bruises on his head. No bruises could be seen on his wife's body.
The SP said that the cause of deaths could not be ascertained as yet but their bodies have been shifted to a hospital for postmortem.
The statements of neighbours are being recorded and police is gathering evidence from the incident site.
Initial information suggests that Hameed, who had gone to the bathroom to bathe, slipped and died due to a head injury, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Chaudhry Zulfiqar.
It appears that when the wife saw her husband in a bloodied state lying on the bathroom floor, she could not bear the sight and suffered a cardiac arrest, he added. Humaira was a heart and cancer patient.
The wife apparently died after suffering a heart attack, the SHO said, adding that two servants of the couple were also present at the house and were being questioned.
Police have taken notice of the deaths, but a case will be registered after reports of the postmortem are received.
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"Initial information suggests Hameed, who had gone to the bathroom to bathe, slipped and died due to a head injury, Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Chaudhry Zulfiqar said. He said it appeared that when the wife, Humaira, saw her husband in a bloodied state lying on the bathroom floor, she could not bear the site and suffered a cardiac arrest. She was a heart and cancer patient, he added."
Speculative police work without any evidence!
So sad....but the matter needs to be investigated
Fakhar Sahib taught me in Hamdard University Islamabad in 1999 and so did Mrs. Humaira Fakhar who also was a faculty member there. Such gentle and kind souls. May they rest in peace. So sad to learn of their untimely death.
This is not as simple case as reported by the SHO.???
So sad
Very unfortunate! I feel really bad and sad for the little girl.
So Sad..
Tragic! Appears to be a case from a mystery novel.
@NSaq that's good, youll get over it..
What an assessment by the police.
I wonder who killed them
RIP. Very sad incident, needs thorough investigation
A probable cause (unless proven foul-play) is that they may have a Gas based Instant Gas heater.....which may be installed in Bathroom. He inhaled excessive Carbon Monoxide deposited in Bathroom with no ventilation. The gas suddenly push nausea and breathlessness ... Person fall on taps and had bruise on head.
A short circuit may also result the same.
However they died the little girl needs some psychological counseling.
Omg. So sad.
It's amazing how simple they make this matter look. There have been major shuffling/firing of top PTV management. This looks very suspicious.
What a summery by police. Simple isn't it?
Spreading fear in media.
Police should carry out detailed analysis before commenting on the murder case,
i used to work for him in PTV and he is one of the sweetest person , i have ever worked with,
"Police have taken notice of the deaths, but a case will be registered after reports of the postmortem are received".
And yet the Officer has drawn a conclusion by stating,
" Initial information suggests that Hameed, who had gone to the bathroom to bathe, slipped and died due to a head injury, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Chaudhry Zulfiqar.
It appears that when the wife saw her husband in a bloodied state lying on the bathroom floor, she could not bear the sight and suffered a cardiac arrest, he added. Humaira was a heart and cancer patient.
The wife apparently died after suffering a heart attack, the SHO said, adding that two servants of the couple were also present at the house and were being questioned.
Thorough investigations need to be done.
SHO is trying to wrap it up quickly
@Khaleesi Look at the last paragraph, an SHO is saying that his wife died due to heart stroke not a doctor?
SHO made it look so simple case of slip.. head injuries and cardiac arrest.. the matter should be investigated thoroughly and real fact should be ascertained...
very sad.
@Khaleesi Amen
This is not a simple case as most of the news papers have reported. Fakhar Hameed Sb and Ms. Humaira both were my teachers. I know them very well from my association with both of them for the last 17 years. Last facebook post of Fakhar Sb reveals he was under tremendous pressure. This case must not be closed like others on calling it a natural "Cardiac Arrest" case.
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"Initial information suggests Hameed, who had gone to the bathroom to bathe, slipped and died due to a head injury, Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Chaudhry Zulfiqar said. He said it appeared that when the wife, Humaira, saw her husband in a bloodied state lying on the bathroom floor, she could not bear the site and suffered a cardiac arrest. She was a heart and cancer patient, he added."
Speculative police work without any evidence!
So sad....but the matter needs to be investigated
Fakhar Sahib taught me in Hamdard University Islamabad in 1999 and so did Mrs. Humaira Fakhar who also was a faculty member there. Such gentle and kind souls. May they rest in peace. So sad to learn of their untimely death.
This is not as simple case as reported by the SHO.???
So sad
Very unfortunate! I feel really bad and sad for the little girl.
So Sad..
Tragic! Appears to be a case from a mystery novel.
@NSaq that's good, youll get over it..
What an assessment by the police.
I wonder who killed them
RIP. Very sad incident, needs thorough investigation
A probable cause (unless proven foul-play) is that they may have a Gas based Instant Gas heater.....which may be installed in Bathroom. He inhaled excessive Carbon Monoxide deposited in Bathroom with no ventilation. The gas suddenly push nausea and breathlessness ... Person fall on taps and had bruise on head.
A short circuit may also result the same.
However they died the little girl needs some psychological counseling.
Omg. So sad.
It's amazing how simple they make this matter look. There have been major shuffling/firing of top PTV management. This looks very suspicious.
What a summery by police. Simple isn't it?
Spreading fear in media.
Police should carry out detailed analysis before commenting on the murder case,
i used to work for him in PTV and he is one of the sweetest person , i have ever worked with,
"Police have taken notice of the deaths, but a case will be registered after reports of the postmortem are received".
And yet the Officer has drawn a conclusion by stating,
" Initial information suggests that Hameed, who had gone to the bathroom to bathe, slipped and died due to a head injury, said Station House Officer (SHO) Sadiqabad Chaudhry Zulfiqar.
It appears that when the wife saw her husband in a bloodied state lying on the bathroom floor, she could not bear the sight and suffered a cardiac arrest, he added. Humaira was a heart and cancer patient.
The wife apparently died after suffering a heart attack, the SHO said, adding that two servants of the couple were also present at the house and were being questioned.
Thorough investigations need to be done.
SHO is trying to wrap it up quickly
@Khaleesi Look at the last paragraph, an SHO is saying that his wife died due to heart stroke not a doctor?
SHO made it look so simple case of slip.. head injuries and cardiac arrest.. the matter should be investigated thoroughly and real fact should be ascertained...
very sad.
@Khaleesi Amen
This is not a simple case as most of the news papers have reported. Fakhar Hameed Sb and Ms. Humaira both were my teachers. I know them very well from my association with both of them for the last 17 years. Last facebook post of Fakhar Sb reveals he was under tremendous pressure. This case must not be closed like others on calling it a natural "Cardiac Arrest" case.