Parents of domestic worker in Hina Javed murder case say son is innocent

RAWALPINDI — The parents of Zeeshan, the domestic worker named in the murder investigation of Hina Javed, have publicly asserted that their son is being wrongly portrayed as the main suspect, ARY News reported. Speaking at a press conference, Zeeshan’s father, Muhammad Arshad, said his son had been employed in the Javed household for roughly seven months and described Hina as a mother‑like figure to him. Arshad said he had visited his son in jail twice since the arrest.

According to Arshad, Zeeshan told him that on the night of August 20 he heard an argument between Hina and her husband, Faisal Asghar, as Hina tried to flee and Faisal pursued her. He claimed Faisal reprimanded Zeeshan and ordered him to catch Hina. The family, Arshad said, learned of Hina’s death eleven days after the incident. “My son is innocent, and no case has been registered against him,” he declared, adding that investigators were trying to make him the prime accused.

Zeeshan’s mother echoed the claim of a frame‑up, alleging that the station house officer had tortured her son during questioning. She demanded justice and warned that she would approach the high court if her son’s rights were not protected. She also appealed to the chief justice for assistance, noting the family’s poverty and difficulty in paying rent. She suggested that Hina’s brother could question Zeeshan directly if he wished.

The murder case is lodged at the Civil Lines police station. Both Hina’s husband, Faisal Asghar, and the domestic worker, Zeeshan, are currently on judicial remand at Adiala Jail. Two days earlier, a high‑level investigation committee completed its probe and named Zeeshan as the prime accused. The committee reported that skin particles belonging to Zeeshan were found under Hina’s fingernails and said Zeeshan had a prior criminal record in serious cases. It also alleged that Zeeshan had sexually assaulted Hina and confessed to strangling her with a bedsheet, insisting that an innocent person could not be labeled the main suspect under pressure.

Hina’s family has called for the creation of a judicial commission to examine the murder. At a separate press conference, her brother, Fahad Javed, said DNA samples from Faisal matched those collected at four different locations and that his father‑in‑law’s DNA was found on Hina’s neck, yet the man had not been included in the investigation or arrested.