Noor Mukadam murder case: Zahir Jaffer gets death sentence
A local court in Islamabad handed down death sentence to the prime suspect Zahir Jaffer in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad has handed down death sentence to the prime suspect Zahir Jaffer in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
The court announced its reserved verdict in the Noor Mukadam murder case, handing down death sentence to Zahir Jaffer and acquitting his parents, Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee, and Therapy Works employees.
The watchman Iftikhar and driver Jan Muhammad have been given a 10-year jail term over inaction on the crime scene on July 20, 2021, which led to the terrorising murder of Noor Mukadam.
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The additional district and sessions judge Ata Rabbani had reserved the verdict in the Noor Mukadam murder case after listening to the final arguments.
Legal experts have expressed surprise over the acquittal of Zahir Jaffer’s parents including Zakir Jaffer (father) and Asmat Adamjee (mother) in the murder case. They said that the parents of the prime suspect had not called the police to the crime scene despite getting aware of the sensitive situation.
The investigators had established that Zahir Jaffer parents had called Therapy Works employees to the murder scene instead of informing police officials.
Background
Noor Mukadam, the daughter of a former diplomat Shaukat Mukadam, had been murdered in Islamabad on July 20, 2021.
Prime Minister Imran Khan had taken notice of the murder case on July 23 and ordered the Islamabad police chief to conduct the inquiry into the case on a scientific basis.
Zahir Jaffer’s parents were included in the investigation after the statement of the prime suspect on July 24, 2021, whereas, their arrests were made on July 25 last year.
Zahir Jaffer had been sent to jail on judicial remand on August 2 last year after the completion of his physical remand and later on August 5, 2021, the sessions judge rejected the bail plea of Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee.
On August 10 last year, the interior ministry had put the names of all suspects in the murder case on Exit Control List (ECL).
The challan had been submitted to the court on September 9 last year and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had also rejected the bail pleas of Zahir Jaffer’s parents on September 29, 2021.
On October 14 last year, the court had indicted Zahir Jaffer and other suspects, whereas, the prime suspect confessed to murdering Noor Mukadam in the hearing.
The district and sessions court had reserved the verdict in the Noor Mukadam murder case on February 22, 2022, after the completion of final arguments and recording statements of all witnesses.
