Bullet-riddled body of young woman found

A 26-year-old woman was shot dead by the unidentified suspect(s) at her rented place in Defence on Monday.

The victim identified as Maiza Zulfiqar reportedly had returned to Pakistan two months back. Her parents still live in Britain. She had been living with her friends at a rented house.

On the day of the incident, her body was recovered from the upper floor of the house where she used to live.

Unidentified suspect(s) barged into her house and shot her dead reportedly in her bedroom. The victim had received a bullet injury in her neck.

Defence B Police shifted the body to a morgue for autopsy and collected forensic evidence from the crime scene.

Police said the motive behind the murder would be ascertained after further investigations.

An investigator shared that the initial investigations suggested that it might be a crime of passion.

There was a lesser possibility of burglary or robbery as valuables from the house were not missing. There were no obvious leads so far that could suggest that she was murdered over personal enmity or property or monetary dispute.

Police were investigating the matter keeping in view different angles.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2021.