Veteran actor Ayesha Khan passes away in Karachi
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The body of actor and model Humaira Asghar Ali was found in an apartment in Karachi’s Defence Housing Authority on Tuesday, the police have confirmed.
South DIG Syed Asad Raza told Images that Ali’s body was recovered from a flat in Ittehad Commercial in Phase-VI. In a statement, the Gizri police identified the body as that of the 32-year-old actor and said she had died around two weeks prior to the discovery.
DIG Raza said the Gizri police arrived at the location on the orders of a local court to get the apartment vacated. When the police knocked on the door at 3:15pm, no one responded. The police then entered the apartment after breaking the lock and discovered her body. The police’s Crime Scene Unit was called in to collect evidence.
The deceased actor had been living in the apartment on rent.
“It appeared that the body was several days old,” DIG Raza said, adding that during the initial investigation, the cause of death could not be ascertained. The body has been shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for legal proceedings.
Police surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed confirmed that the body had been brought to the hospital. “The body is in a very advanced stage of decomposition,” she said. An investigation is currently under way.
The postmortem examination was conducted Tuesday night, after which Dr Syed said the “cause of death is reserved.”
South SSP Mahzoor Ali told Images that the deceased has been living in the rented apartment alone. She stopped paying rent to the landlord in 2024, leading the owner to approach the court to get the apartment vacated.
The senior officer said they have reason to believe that it was not a murder. The iron gate as well as the wooden door were locked from inside the apartment, as was the balcony door. The police were only able to enter after breaking the door. However, SSP Ali said they are waiting for the final report from the coroner to reach a conclusion about the exact cause of death. The police are trying to trace her relatives with the help of her cellphone.
Ali featured in ARY reality show Tamasha Ghar as well in 2015 film Jalaibee.