By Imtiaz Ali
The brother of the deceased model and actor Humaira Asghar Ali has criticised the media for reporting that the family refused to claim her body.
Earlier this week, Humaira’s partially decomposed body was found in her rented apartment in Karachi’s upscale Defence Housing Authority (DHA) when the police entered to enforce a court-ordered eviction.
Police on Wednesday said that she might have died around six months ago, citing the expiry date of food kept in the refrigerator and her phone records, which were both from September 2024.
They also said that when approached, her family in Lahore — particularly her father — refused to take the body for burial, triggering shock across the entertainment industry. A day earlier, the brother Naveed Asghar arrived in Karachi to take the body to Lahore for burial. Police had stated that the actor’s body would be handed over to her brother after DNA matching.
An autopsy report by police surgeon Summaiya Syed today, seen by Dawn.com, confirmed that the body was in an