RAWALPINDI: The National Assembly Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control has summoned the Punjab inspector general of police (IGP), regional police officer (RPO), city police officer (CPO) Rawalpindi, SSP Investigation and additional inspector general of the Crime Control Department (CCD) to brief it on the investigation into the alleged brutal murder of Hina Javed. The committee meeting is scheduled for Thursday, October 29, 2026, at 2pm in the committee room at Parliament House, Islamabad. The police officials will brief committee members on the latest developments in the high-profile murder case. The Punjab government has also formed a three-member high-powered committee to review the investigation into Hina Javed’s murder. Her husband and domestic servant have been placed on judicial remand at Adiala Jail in connection with the case. The committee has already visited Rawalpindi, questioned the deceased woman’s husband and domestic servant at Adiala Jail, met her family and inspected the crime scene. The panel comprises Additional IG CCD Sohail Chatta, DIG Lahore Shoaib Khurram Janbaz and SSP Investigation Rawalpindi Saifullah. According to the postmortem and DNA report analysis, evidence collected during the investigation indicated that Hina Javed had been brutally tortured. The report noted blue marks on her hands and arms and a 27-centimetre-deep wound on her neck. The report also stated that DNA collected from bloodstains, bedsheets allegedly used in the strangulation, a door lock and a door handle matched the DNA of the domestic servant. Evidence collected for DNA testing included swabs from the deceased’s left-hand fingernails, samples taken from her body and pieces of cloth from a bedsheet bearing suspected bloodstains and spermatozoa. According to the report, the samples matched the domestic worker’s blood. A reddish piece of carpet bearing suspected stains was also recovered from the southeastern bedroom of the apartment where the crime occurred. The report said the stains matched the blood and sperm attributed to Zeeshan Arshad. The investigation has focused on the domestic servant’s alleged involvement, with the reported DNA findings forming part of the evidence under examination. Meanwhile, Hina Javed’s family has again expressed mistrust in the Rawalpindi police investigation and the claims made by the CCD chief, demanding the formation of a judicial commission to probe the murder. The family has alleged that police are protecting the main accused while holding the domestic servant responsible for the crime. The initial postmortem examination and police report stated that Hina Javed’s body was found in the washroom of her apartment with signs of torture, including a strangulation mark around her neck, an injury below her right lip and bleeding from her nose. Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2026