LAHORE: DNA tests of the key suspects in the Hina Javed murder case have been concluded at the Punjab Forensic Science Agency in Lahore, ARY News reported.

The DNA samples of the deceased’s husband, father-in-law, and servant Zeeshan were collected and tested.

The tests were conducted in the presence of the victim’s brother, Fahad Javed.

Meanwhile, during the investigation, the servant Zeeshan confessed to murdering the woman, revealing that Hina’s husband had promised to pay him Rs. 100,000 for the killing.

On the other hand, the prime suspect, Faisal Asghar, and his father both denied the murder allegations.

Rawalpindi police have returned to Rawalpindi after completing the DNA testing process in Lahore.

Earlier, the post-mortem report of Hina Javed, who was allegedly murdered by her husband and domestic worker in Rawalpindi’s Lal Kurti, has revealed important details, ARY News reported.

According to the report, Hina Javed’s neck bone was fractured, while injuries were also found on her ribs and hip bone. Blood was also found around her heart.

The post-mortem was conducted by Dr Maria Khalid around 12 hours after Hina Javed’s death. Her DNA samples were also collected and sent to a forensic laboratory for analysis.

The report stated that the exact cause of death could not initially be determined. Different samples have been sent to the forensic laboratory to establish the final cause of death.

According to the post-mortem report, Hina Javed was allegedly hanged by her husband. However, the exact cause of death will be determined after the forensic reports are received.

Police said the forensic samples collected during the post-mortem were received by Lady Constable Rafia Tabassum.

A murder case has been registered at the Civil Lines Police Station on the complaint of Hina Javed’s brother, Fahad Javed.

Police have arrested Hina Javed’s husband and domestic worker. Both suspects have also been remanded in police custody for three days, while further investigation into the case is underway.

WASHINGTON: Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Friday sought a federal probe into airport ‌facilities for ritual washing before Islamic prayers, a move that a Muslim advocacy group called an “anti-Muslim political stunt.”

In a letter to the Department of Justice, Abbott called on the department to immediately review the ablution facilities ​at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport, casting them as discriminatory.

“Because ​the airports receive federal funds, they are subject to numerous conditions attached ⁠to that funding – including the requirement to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination,” Abbott’s ​office said in a statement.

Many Muslims wash their faces, arms and legs before daily prayers.

“These are ​not ‘Muslim-only’ spaces any more than a nursing room or an interfaith prayer room is ‘Christian-only’ or ‘mothers-only,’” said the Texas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, an advocacy group.

“They are accommodations, open to any traveler, that happen ​to be used mostly by the Muslim community. That is not discrimination. That is what ​accessible public infrastructure looks like,” CAIR-Texas said in a statement.

Last week, Abbott referred the airports to U.S. ‌Transportation Secretary ⁠Sean Duffy for investigation and threatened to revoke state funding.

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Following that referral, Abbott said, DFW abandoned its plans to install more ablution facilities. The airport said this week that officials had “determined the originally anticipated benefit may not be achieved” if the stations were built.

There are about 4.5 ​million Muslims in the ​U.S., including more ⁠than 300,000 in Texas, the World Population Review says.

U.S. rights advocates say Islamophobia has risen since the September 11, 2001, attacks on New York ​and the Pentagon, and more recently because of anti-immigration policies, white supremacy and ​the fallout ⁠of Israel’s war in Gaza.

Rights advocates have also documented a spike in anti-Muslim messaging and rhetoric in U.S. political campaigns as Muslim American politicians have risen to prominent offices and roles.

Republican governors in Florida ⁠and Texas ​have cast CAIR, which has opposed Republican President Donald Trump’s crackdown ​on immigration and pro-Palestinian protests, as a terrorist group.

CAIR and other civil rights groups have denounced the claims and said Republicans ​have attempted to stoke fear against Muslims.

ISLAMABAD  –  A UK-Pakistan education partnership with the governments of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has helped more than 200,000 children improve their access to schooling and strengthen basic reading, numeracy and life skills, the British High Commission said here on Monday.

The partnership has also helped more than 35,000 out-of-school children return to education through interventions targeting foundational learning in the two provinces.

The British High Commission said the programme has produced significant gains in children’s learning outcomes, with Urdu reading proficiency rising from 15 per cent to 78 per cent, English reading from 15 per cent to 45 per cent and subtraction skills from 37 per cent to 67 per cent.

The initiative has used learning-level assessments, targeted instruction, teacher coaching and regular monitoring of students’ progress to help children who had fallen behind in their studies catch up with their peers.

The programme has reached more than 500 public schools and supported the return of over 35,000 out-of-school children to formal education. It has also provided remedial education to 48,000 learners, while strengthening teaching capacity through the training of more than 5,500 educators and 250 Master Trainers. Facilities at 400 schools were also improved under the partnership.

British High Commissioner Jane Marriott said teachers remained at the heart of efforts to improve learning outcomes, adding that the ultimate measure of success was whether educators found the approaches useful enough to continue applying them.

“ Teachers are at the heart of improving learning outcomes for children, and the most important measure of success is whether they find these approaches valuable enough to continue using them,” she said.

Marriott said feedback on the programme had been “extremely encouraging”, adding that bringing governments, schools and communities together had helped transform learning opportunities for children.

“Children who previously could not read a simple sentence are now reading independently,” she said.

Muhammad Musa Ali Bokhari, CEO of the Punjab Education Curriculum Training and Assessment Authority (PECTAA), said every child in Punjab should have the opportunity to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills before progressing beyond primary education.

“UK support has helped move the conversation on foundational learning from theory to demonstrated practice, here in Punjab,” he said.

Masood Ahmed, Special Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said the results demonstrated that focused investment in foundational learning could deliver meaningful improvements for children and communities.

“The achievements of this UK-supported programme show that focused investments in foundational learning can produce meaningful results for children and communities,” he said.

He said the provincial government remained committed to building on the progress and ensuring that children developed the literacy and numeracy skills needed for lifelong learning.

The British High Commission said the partnership’s experience highlighted the importance of evidence-based teaching, continuous assessment and support for teachers in addressing learning gaps and improving educational outcomes.