The body of a foreign female journalist was found in the F-8 area of the capital on Monday.
The body of the journalist identified as Maria Golovnina from Russia, was found in the bathroom of a house being used as an office, police said.
According to a PIMS hospital spokesman, the body of Maria Golovnina did not bear any torture marks. Her body will be sent for a post mortem to ascertain the cause of death while an investigation is being carried out by the police.
Maria Golovnina was the bureau chief of Reuters for Pakistan and Afghanistan.