A Hong Kong businessman and his Australian associate have been murdered in an execution-style killing in their hotel room in Pakistan.
Charles Yeung, the chief financial officer of Capital Globe, and Shakhil Haque, who was the firm's chairman and co-founder, were found dead in their room at the Continental Inn guesthouse in Islamabad last Friday evening, the company confirmed yesterday.
Police in Pakistan have told the Daily Times newspaper that the bodies were found on a bed, with a pistol fitted with a silencer and wiped clean of fingerprints next to them.
An autopsy found both had been shot once in the chest, probably on Thursday night, police said.
They had been drugged, the investigators said, their room was ransacked, and their passports and other valuables had been stolen.
Police said the murders were related to a business dispute with a company based in Karachi.