Noor Mukadam murder case: Court rejects Zahir Jaffer’s three petitions

Islamabad: A local court in Islamabad on Monday rejected three petitions filed by Zahir Jaffer, the main suspect in the Noor Mukadam murder case.

Additional sessions court under Judge Ata Rabbani announced the reserved verdict after hearing arguments of both parties.

Presiding over the hearing, the court announced the reserved verdict wherein a plea against IG Islamabad Ahsan Younas, investigating officer request to visit the crime scene and another plea to know the owner of a mobile number were rejected.

Earlier, the trial court had sought more time to wrap up the Noor Mukadam murder case.

It is pertinent to mention here that the grisly murder, in which Noor Mukadam was beheaded, took place on July 20 in Islamabad’s F-7 area. Noor is the daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, who served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.

The Islamabad police arrested suspect Zahir Zakir Jaffer on the night of July 20 from his house where, according to Noor’s parents, he killed her with a sharp instrument and severed her head.