Noor Mukadam Murder Case: Final Arguments Heard in Zahir Jaffer’s Appeal

Pakistan’s top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend

Zahir Jaffer is scion of one of South Asian country’s richest families

Landmark verdict in Pakistan: Death penalty upheld in gruesome murder of diplomat’s daughter

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, headed by Justice Hashim Kakar, delivered the landmark ruling in a case that has again exposed deep-seated issues of gender violence in the country

Pakistani-American who beheaded girlfriend has death sentence upheld

Pakistani-American Zahir Jaffer attacked Noor Mukadam at his sprawling Islamabad mansion in 2021 after she had refused his marriage proposal.

Pakistan's top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend

Pakistan’s top court confirms a death sentence for Zahir Jaffer, a verdict hailed as a rare victory for women’s justice.

ThePatriotLight - Pakistan's top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend

ThePatriotLight - Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death penalty for a man who beheaded his girlfriend in a case which prompted an explosive reaction from women’s rights campaigners. Pakistani-American Zahir Jaffer, the son of a wealthy industrialist, attacked 27-year-old Noor Mukadam at his sprawling Islamabad mansion in 2021 after she refused his marriage proposal — torturing her with a knuckleduster and using a “sharp-edged weap…

Noor Mukadam murder case: Final arguments heard in Zahir Jaffer’s appeal

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has dismissed Zahir Jaffer's appeal against the death sentence awarded to him in the Noor Mukadam murder case. A three-member bench presided by Justice Hashim Kakar, and comprising Justices Ishtiaq Ibrahim and Ali Baqar Najafi, upheld the sentence after hearing final arguments on Tuesday. Previously, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) had also upheld Jaffer’s death sentence issued by the trial court and converted his ja…