Former model and freelance journalist Quratulain (Annie) Ali Khan passed away in Karachi on Saturday morning.
Confirming the incident, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) South Omer Shahid Hamid told a private media outlet that it was a case of apparent suicide.
He said that when police reached her apartment in Qasr-e-Zainab near Karachi Gymkhana, they found her dead along with some burnt books.
Her body was shifted to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where doctors confirmed she had died of suffocation (asphyxia), the SSP said. Annie lived alone in her apartment, he added.
Annie, a former model, branched off into journalism and documentary production and has contributed to Dawn, Herald, Slate, The Express Tribune, The Asia Society, and The Caravan, among other publications.
She wrote ‘The missing daughters of Pakistan” for Herald last year.
