Pakistan’s Supreme Court has rejected the review petition filed by convicted murderer Zahir Jaffer in the high-profile murder case of Noor Mukadam, upholding his death sentence and bringing another chapter of the lengthy legal proceedings to a close. Read More: SC upholds death sentence for Zahir Jaffer in Noor Mukadam case A three-member bench comprising Justice […]
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SC judge links Noor Mukadam murder to “living relationship” vice
Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, now part of the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC), has linked the 2021 murder of Noor Mukadam to a societal “vice” known as a living relationship, the apex court revealed on Wednesday. He appeared to refer to cohabitation by unmarried individuals in a romantic relationship. Read More: Noor Mukadam murder: SC commutes […]
Zahir Jaffer seeks review of death sentence in Noor case
ISLAMABAD – Zahir Jaffer, the main convict in the Noor Mukadam murder case, has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His legal team, led by senior lawyer Khawaja Haris, has requested the court to reconsider the death sentence handed down to him. The petition highlights several concerns about how the trial […]
Supreme court likely to announce verdict today on Zahir Jaffer’s death sentence appeal
ISLAMABAD – The Supreme Court is expected to announce its decision today on Zahir Jaffer’s appeal against the Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) verdict, which upheld his death sentence in the Noor Mukadam murder case. A three-member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Kakar and including Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Justice Ali Baqar Najafi, resumed hearing the […]
Noor Mukadam case: IHC dismiss hearing till Sept 15
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court issued a notice to the parents of Zahir Jaffer, the prime suspect in the Noor Mukadam rape and murder case, and dismissed the hearing till September 15 on Monday. The court also issued notice on the bail application of Zahir Jaffer’s mother Asmat Zakir. Justice Aamer Farooq of the IHC […]
Physical remand of Zahir Jaffer extended in Noor Mukadam case
ISLAMABAD: The physical remand of of Zahir Jaffer has been extended by two days by a court in Islamabad, who has been accused of murdering Noor Mukadam, daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat Noor Mukadam. This is the fourth time Zahir Jaffer has been remanded into police custody. Judicial Magistrate Shoaib Akhter conducted the hearing of the […]
Zahir Jaffer: the therapist who needed therapy
We have heard many a times of cannibalistic situations where men have set precedents in hurting, torturing or killing women. Gruesome, vile and unethical horror stories that we brush off thinking they couldn’t be true because we can’t fathom the extent to which the human mind can go to fulfill its sadistic pleasures. Be it […]