KARACHI, June 5: A prosecution witness, Qudsia Khatoon, testified in the murder case of TV artiste Afreen Baig. The additional district and sessions judge-III, South, Sultan Mohammad Awan, after recording the statement adjourned the hearing till June 14.

Afreen Baig, a TV producer and artiste, was killed at her DHA residence in October 2004 allegedly by her driver, Mohammad Bux Umrani, and his wife, Zahida.

Her husband Farooq Mengal is alleged to have had masterminded the murder. The driver of the victim and his wife, who was working as a housemaid at Mengal’s house, are co-accused in the case.

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