Body of missing Abbotabad lady doctor recovered from forest

Dr Wardah had given 67 tolas of gold to her friend Rida for safekeeping, a dispute over the issue led to her killing

PESHAWAR:

The Abbottabad police have recovered the body of a lady doctor, identified as Dr Wardah, who went missing on the night of December 4. The police found the body from a forest on the pointation of her friend and her accomplices, bringing a tragic end to the case of doctor’s mysterious disappearance.

After Dr Wardah went mssing, her father lodged a complaint at the Cantonment police station. Investigators found out that Dr Wardah had handed her 67 tolas of gold to her friend Rida for safekeeping in 2023. Later, a dispute erupted when Dr Wardah asked her friend to return her gold.

According to investigators, on December 4, 2025, Rida reportedly contacted Dr Wardah at the District Headquarters Hospital and took her away under the pretext of returning the gold. She drove the doctor to an under-construction house near Jadoon Plaza on Rehman Street, where Rida’s accomplices — Shamraiz son of Ayub, his brother Pervez, and an unidentified man — were already present. Rida then left the doctor in the custody of her accomplices and went home.

Police examined CCTV footage, call data records and other technical material, questioned more than 35 suspects, and eventually arrested Rida, Nadeem Zaib son of Aurangzeb, and Pervez son of Ayub. The prime suspect, Shamraiz, is still at large.

During interrogation, the detained suspects confessed that they kidnapped Dr Wardah and later killed her, and buried buried her body in a pit in the Lari Banota forest. Pervez later led investigators to the burial site, where the body was recovered and sent for post-mortem examination.

The vehicle used in the incident, along with stamp papers and cheques related to the gold dispute, have been seized, while forensic, post-mortem and site inspection processes are underway.

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K-P CM condemns doctor’s murder, orders transparent inquiry

K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi has strongly condemned the tragic killing of a lady doctor in Abbottabad and expressed deep sorrow over the incident. He has directed the relevant authorities to carry out a transparent and thorough investigation to ensure justice.

Special Assistant to the Chief Minister on Information, Shafi Jan, also expressed grief over the incident, calling it ‘extremely regrettable and condemnable’. He assured that those involved in the murder of Dr Warda's would be brought to justice in accordance with the law.

"Doctors are our saviors, and the protection of their lives and property is the government's top priority," Shafi Jan emphasised. He offered Fateha for the late doctor.

The provincial government stands with the bereaved family and the medical community during this moment of grief, Shafi Jan added.