Pakistan, July 16 -- Actress Humaira Asghar's parents have spoken for the first time after her body was found in a flat in Karachi. They denied all claims that they had refused to take her body or had cut ties with her. Her father said he learned about her death through relatives and then from the police. He said he never refused to take her body but waited because legal steps like the post-mortem were still pending.

They also rejected reports of her facing financial hardship. Her father said Humaira was earning well through acting and modeling. She also helped poor people and often visited orphanages. He added that expensive clothes were found in her room-many still unused. He asked, "If she had no money, how did she afford such things?...