December 25, 2021

The ex-husband of a missing Pakistani-American woman from Rawalpindi has confessed to her murder: Police

Rawalpindi Regional Police Officer (RPO) Ashfaq Ahmed said Wajiha Farooq Swati’s ex-husband Rizwan Habib had confessed to killing her in Hangu. According to authorities, the accused was accompanied by his father and employees. Wajiha Farooq Swati, an American-born Pakistani woman from Abbottabad, was married to a US-based doctor several years ago. According to reports, in 2014, her first husband, Dr. Mehdi Ali Bashiruddin Qamar, was killed near Rabwah in Punjab. Wajiha Farooq had her second marriage with a man named Rizwan Habib and the two had divorced two years ago. According to an FIR lodged at the Morgah police station in Rawalpindi, Wajiha Farooq Swati, an American-born Pakistani woman, had come to Pakistan on October 16 this year to settle property matters with her ex-husband. He was accompanied by his 15-year-old nephew from the UK. It should be noted that one of Wajiha Farooq’s sisters resides in the UK where she left her children behind According to the FIR, after arriving in Pakistan, her ex-husband Rizwan Habib took her to a house in DHA, which was in dispute between the two Wajiha Farooq and his nephew Ayan fell asleep after drinking the drinks provided by the employees in this house. According to Ayan, when he woke up, his aunt and his belongings were missing while Rizwan Habib was not present in the house According to the text of the FIR, the employees present there tried to lock Ayan in the room but in the meantime he called another of his relatives and left with them. After receiving emergency documents from the British embassy, ​​Ian returned to the UK and since then no one has known about Wajiha Farooq Speaking to VOA, Shabnam Nawaz, advocate for Abdullah Mehdi, son of Wajiha Farooq Swati, said that he had filed a petition in the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench seeking remand in custody. The case is being delayed since then and the FIR was not even registered. An FIR was lodged in Morgah police station on November 2, 15 days after the abduction In this case, the court of Lahore High Court Judge Raja Shahid Mehmood Abbasi had ordered Rawalpindi to recover the abductee till the next hearing. The named accused in the case, Rizwan Habib Bangash, was not immediately arrested. According to police, the accused was cooperating in the investigation and was coming to the police station when called by the police. However, police arrested him last week after gathering evidence Rizwan Habib Bangash had also filed a petition in Morgah police station on October 22 regarding the disappearance of Wajiha Farooq. However, on November 2, an FIR was registered against him in which he was accused of kidnapping Wajiha Farooq Swati. Rizwan Habib also filed a petition in the Lahore High Court Rawalpindi Bench seeking quashing of the FIR, which was rejected by the court. And an American citizen has been abducted and is still unaccounted for. The court had rejected Rizwan Habib’s plea. Rizwan Habib is involved in the kidnapping and killing of Wajiha.

Wajiha Farooq’s son Abdullah Mehdi’s lawyer Shabnam Nawaz Advocate told VOA that all the evidence in this case was against the accused but the police arrested the accused two months later with great delay…………….
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