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The dead bodies of Khalil Malik, a senior journalist and his wife were found in their flat in G-8/4 with bullet wounds. Khalil was shot in the chest whereas his wife Saira Khan 22, a TV reporter, was shot in the head. Doctors in their preliminary report stated that Khalil Malik received a bullet in the chest, which proved fatal, while Saira’s brain was ruptured by the bullet.Khalil’s body was taken to his native village, Nika Kahut Chakwal for burial, while the body of Saira Khan was taken to Pirwadhai Rawalpindi by her mother and other relatives. According to employees working in Khalil Malik’s weekly magazine, Saira Khan, the third wife of Malik reached the office situated in Pakistan Housing Authority flats in G-8/4 and asked them to leave as she had to talk to Malik on some family issues. She locked the door from inside and after some time two shots were heard in the room, they said.The Rescue 15 and Margalla Police reached the spot and broke open the door and found blood-soaked bodies of Khalil Malik and his wife Saira Khan in the room. Police immediately took the possession of the murder weapon.Later police shifted the bodies to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences for autopsy, where doctors under the supervision of Dr Minhajas Siraj carried out the post-mortem and declared that bullet injury was the cause of death. Margalla police refused to give any further details.It is learnt that Khalil had married Saira Khan and developed some differences with her. Saira had twice tried to commit suicide, because two other wives of Khalil and some family members were tormenting Saira. The family members of Saira Khan told reporters in the PIMS that they were not aware of her marriage with Khalil.Preliminary findings are that Saira Khan shot Khalil Malik and then committed suicide with the same pistol. Meanwhile, Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Sherry Rehman visited PIMS and ordered immediate investigation into the incident.She termed the murder of Khalil Malik an irreparable loss to the country. Advisor to Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik has directed the Inspector General of Police Islamabad to constitute a high-level investigation team and submit the preliminary report within 24 hours.