Pakistani Actress Humaira Asghar Found Dead; Decomposed Body Found at Karachi Residence

On Tuesday, July 8, the Pakistani actress and model Humaira Asghar Ali was found dead in her apartment in the upmarket Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Phase VI in the city of Karachi. Police found the body of the 32-year old in a waterlogged condition.

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Police officials suspect that Humaira died almost three weeks ago, which was time before her body was found. This was discovered when the landlord in a bid to get rid of her due to some unpaid rent, had to seek Court to evict her and had since found her whereabouts. The court instructed the officer in charge of the Gizri police to inspect the apartment that was at the Ittehad Commercial. Police showed up at about 3.15 pm and after failing to receive any response, forced open the locked flat. The flat was also emitting a bad smell.

In a statement to the Pakistani news portal Images, “The apartment was locked from the inside, including the balcony door," confirmed South Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Syed Asad Raza. Police confirmed that the scene did not show foul play.

Forensics in the Crime Scene Unit were brought in to gather evidence and the body of Humaira was transported to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) to undergo more of a medical and legal examination. Dr. Summaiya Syed, a probing surgeon at JPMC, said the nature of the death would be unveiled later. Syed acknowledged the advanced stage of the degradation. A case is in progress and police will later see the postmortem report to establish how exactly the victim died.

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Reports also show that Humaira was the sole occupant of the rented apartment and she had not even been paying her rent for some months. Policemen are trying to find her family on mobile phone records.

Humaira Asghar has earlier appeared in ARY reality show and in the 2015 film Jalaibee. She was not purely an actress and a model but also a theatre artist, painter, sculptor and a self-proclaimed fitness freak (as her bio on Instagram states). The platform had more than 713,000 followers of hers. The final post of her on September 30, 2024, contained a collection of informal pics.

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