Famous News TV Host Rabia Hasan Shot Dead in Rawalpindi following a tragic shooting incident inside her private residence. Structurally, Rabia Ahsan, 41, was a well-known journalist, anchor for 92 news and one of the hosts of the current affairs programme, who was fatally wounded on Sunday, November 8, 2026.
Crime Scene Details at the Adiala Road Residence
In the targeted shooting, an official Rawalpindi City Police Officer (CPO) Hassan Mushtaq Sukhera said that the incident had occurred inside the victim’s bedroom in her house at Adiala Road, Sector 2, Gulshan Abad. Initial law enforcement observations are as follows:
Fatal Wound: The autopsy revealed that the journalist had only one gunshot wound, to the front of her neck, which was fatal.
Weapon Seizure: First responders found the main weapon of offense, a 30-bore pistol and live ammunition, on the floor of the bedroom.
Family Presence: The mother of the anchorperson and her sister were in the anchorperson’s home on the residential lawn when the gun was fired in the residence.
راولپنڈی مقتولہ ربیعہ احسن کے بھائی نے قتل کا مقدمہ واپس لے لیا۔۔یہ اچانک ایک حادثہ ہوا ہے ارادہ قتل کرنے کے لیے میرے بہنوئی نے فائر نہیں کیاانکے درمیان کسی قسم کی کوئی ناچاقی کوئی جھگڑا اور خلش نہیں تھی https://t.co/7VpOr661dJ
— Zahida Rao (@zahidarao123) November 9, 2026
Husband Apprehended and Sadar Baironi Police Station FIR Filed
Law enforcement personnel quickly cordoned off the area and took the victim’s husband, Ahsan Tahir—a Grade 18 government official—into immediate custody. On the formal complaint of the deceased’s brother, Khurram Ahmed, a murder case was officially registered at the Sadar Baironi Police Station under Section 302 case regulations of the Pakistan Penal Code. While a male domestic worker initially told investigators that the suspect claimed the lethal gunshot was fired accidentally, police confirmed the husband failed to produce a valid firearm license. Meanwhile, First Lady Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari has strongly condemned the violence, demanding a transparent, merit-based judicial inquiry.
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