Pakistan Air Force Group Captain Asim Tariq was shot dead in Islamabad on Sunday after he intervened to stop a man who was allegedly trying to forcefully take a woman away on his motorcycle on 9th Avenue, near Air University. The suspect, identified as Saad Abbasi, opened fire on the officer after an argument, killing him on the spot, before fleeing the scene; Islamabad police arrested him within nine hours using footage from 275 surveillance cameras and over 100 officers across multiple cities. President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif both paid tribute to the officer, with the prime minister ordering a full investigation and calling the incident — which occurred on a major road in the capital — a matter of serious public concern.