The Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday the death sentence of Zahir Jaffer for the murder of Noor Mukadam,Aaj News reported.
Zahir is accused of murdering and beheading Noor Mukadam, the daughter of Shaukat Mukadam who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan, on July 20. Zahir was convicted for Noor’s murder.
A three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Kakar and comprising Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Ali Baqar Najafi heard Barrister Salman Safdar, Zahir’s counsel argument.
Advocate Shah Khawar was present on behalf of Noor’s father and also presented his arguments.
Background
Noor was found murdered at a residence in Sector F-7/4 on July 20, 2022.
A first information report (FIR) was registered against Zahir under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the victim’s father.
As per the FIR, Shaukat said Noor called to tell them that she was travelling to Lahore with some friends and would return in a day or two. On Tuesday afternoon, the complainant said he received a call from Zahir, who informed Shaukat that Noor was not with him, the FIR said.
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At around 10pm the same day, the victim’s father received a call from Kohsar police station, informing him that Noor had been murdered.
Police subsequently took the complainant to Zahir’s house where he discovered that his “daughter has been brutally murdered with a sharp-edged weapon and beheaded”, the FIR said.
