The 27-year-old daughter of former diplomat Shaukat Mukadam was found dead at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 and the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffar was arrested for the crime.
PML-N Vice-President Maryam Nawaz took to Twitter to condemn the brutal murder of Noor. “From rape apology to victim-blaming, this regime has caused irreparable damage to the safety & dignity of women,” wrote Maryam Nawaz.
This regime has made the country unsafe for women. From rape apology to victim-blaming, this regime has caused irreparable damage to the safety & dignity of women. My heart goes out to the family of Noor Makdum & all daughters of the soil. Allah be with you.
— Maryam Nawaz Sharif (@MaryamNSharif) July 23, 2021
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said, “This has no place in our society, lives, religion or culture. We must work harder and do more for prevention & for justice.”
I cannot express strongly enough my absolute condemnation of the recent violence and brutality against women. This has no place in our society, lives, religion or culture. We must work harder and do more for prevention & for justice.
For Saima, for Quratulain, for Noor.
— Shah Mahmood Qureshi (@SMQureshiPTI) July 23, 2021
PML-N leader Miftah Ismail took to Twitter to condemn the murder, “I hope Noor Mukadam’s gruesome murder turns into an APS moment for our nation and we stop violence against women.”
“Too many women get abused, battered, raped and killed in Pak. New laws are needed. Social mores need to change. Men need to behave. Women should be heard & believed.”
I hope Noor Mukadam’s gruesome murder turns into an APS moment for our nation and we stop violence against women. Too many women get abused, battered, raped and killed in Pak. New laws are needed. Social mores need to change. Men need to behave. Women should be heard & believed.
Claim: Barrister Khadija Siddiqui’s attacker released after completing 5 years jail term
Fact: Khadija Siddiqui’s attacker was released without completing his jail term
The convict in Khadija Siddiqui stabbing case, Shah Hussain, was released from the Jail on 17 July, ARY News reported. As per the details he was released after completing his five years in jail term, which according to leading lawyers is not true.
Karachi based lawyer Jibran Nasir while talking exclusively to The Current said that government needs to explain how and why Shah Hussain has been released without completing his five years sentence.
Explaining the case, Nasir said: “He [Shah Hussain] served 1.5 months in jail during trial and was then released on post arrest bail. Between conviction from trial court and acquittal from High Court, he served a little over 11 months in jail. Then post the Supreme Court decision overturning acquittal, he served 2.5 years. Total 3.5 years in jail.”
“The only ways for a convict to come out of jail before completion of sentence is either through remission of sentence which can be done by the provincial government, federal government or the President. But that doesn’t apply here. For the offence for which Shah Hussain was convicted [stabbing Khadija Siddiqui 23 times] i.e. PPC 324 and 337, the government cannot remit the sentence without consent of the victim i.e. Khadija,” he added.
“Second way is for a convict to be released on probation is for good behaviour, but that also doesn’t not apply to criminals convicted for Sec 324 and 337.”
Shah Hussain stabbed @khadijasid751 23 times, released from jail after serving 3.5yrs against his 5yr sentence. Can PTI explain how when Govt cant remit sentence without Khadija's consent nor does he qualify for good behaviour release given conviction under 324PPC @ShireenMazari1pic.twitter.com/UGHtQs1ymn
Siddiqui was stabbed more than two dozen times on a busy Lahore street while she was picking her six-year-old sister Sofia Siddiqui from school on May 3, 2016.
A Lahore judicial magistrate had handed down seven-year rigorous imprisonment to Hussain after finding him guilty of attempted murder on July 29, 2017.
However, a sessions court in March 2018 set aside the minor penalties of the convict and commuted the sentence to five years, out of which Shah Hussain was released after serving 3.5 years.
Contrary to previous reports which stated that Noor Mukadam, 27, was shot and then beheaded, her post mortem report states that she was stabbed several times and then beheaded.
According to Samaa TV , the post mortem report reveals that the victim was assaulted, stabbed and after she died, she was beheaded.
The incident took place on July 20 in F-7/4 in Islamabad, reportedly at the residence of Zahir Jaffer, who was arrested for Noor’s murder.
A case under Section 302 (punishment for murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code has been registered against the suspect at the Kohsar Police Station.
A special team has been created to investigate the case and the police has recommended that Zahir be placed on the Exit Control List.
“InshaAllah justice will be served in this case…no one will be allowed to leave the country and people will see justice be served. There is no one more powerful in Pakistan than the law,” PTI’s Fawad Chaudhry said.
The 27-year-old daughter of former diplomat Shaukat Mukadam was found dead at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 and the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffar was arrested for the crime.
#JusticeForNoor is trending on social media for three days and everybody is questioning: Will justice be served?
The Current reached out to Additional Advocate General Punjab, Chaudhry Faisal Hussain to ask if the lack of trust in our institutions was legitimate.
Speaking to The Current, he said, “Despite the best handling of this case by the police, previously the role of lower courts or investigative authorities has created mistrust in people. The Shahrukh Jatoi case and other such incidents have been dubious so people are reluctant to believe that the Noor murder case will come to a justified conclusion.”
“This is alarming for lower courts, where the conviction rate is very low. People do no trust our police department, courts, and the prosecution, even if they do the right thing,” he added.
“#JusticeForNoor is trending on social media but this should happen when the suspect has not been arrested so being a government’s lawyer, this is alarming for me that mistrust of the public on the system is increasing.”
He further said, “Institutes need to work on their performance. The high court and supreme court should pay attention to the lower courts. Police departments need to focus on the investigative part. Parliaments and provincial assemblies should also work on this. One alarming thing for the government, opposition and institutes in this all is that people mistrust the institutions.”
Islamabad police has said that they recommend that Zahir Jaffar be placed on the exit control list.
The daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat was killed on Tuesday. Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found murdered at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 and the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffar was arrested for the murder.
As per details, Zahir Jaffar was allegedly associated with Therapy Works.
In a recent development, Islamabad Police has decided to interview the management of Therapy Works, which allegedly granted murder suspect Zahir Jaffar a certification to become a therapist.
According to the information provided on Therapy Works website, the centre is affiliated with the Counselling and Psychotherapy Central Awarding Body (CPCAB) in the United Kingdom and is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).
However,British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has confirmed that Therapy Works is not a member of BACP. “Thanks for bringing this to our attention,” said BACP while responding to a tweet.
“We can confirm that this organisation is not a member of BACP, and we’ve contacted them to ask they remove the BACP logo from their website and other advertising materials.”
Hi,
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We can confirm that this organisation is not a member of BACP, and we’ve contacted them to ask they remove the BACP logo from their website and other advertising materials.
Meawhile, Therapy works has denied the allegations of Zahir Jaffar seeing clients of the organisation.
“Zahir Jaffer was enrolled as a student in UK Level 3 from September 2015 to September 2016. After this he joined UK Level 4 from October 2016 to June 2018. He did not complete his coursework and International Essays, and accordingly was never given permission to see clients,” said the statement.
WhileTherapy Works has responded to the allegation that Zahir was a practicing therapist, The Current reached out to them asking for a response to the allegations that they were involved in the incident. We are still waiting for a response.
In a statement released by the Foreign Office regarding India’s use of Israeli spyware, Pegasus, to hack Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone, Foreign Office Spokesperson Zahid Hafeez stated, “We call on the relevant UN bodies to thoroughly investigate the matter, bring the facts to light, and hold the Indian perpetrators to account.”
The statement further said, “We condemn in strongest possible terms India’s state-sponsored, continuing and widespread surveillance and spying operations in clear breach of global norms of responsible state behaviour.”
“Keeping a clandestine tab on dissenting voices is a long-standing textbook ploy of the RSS-BJP regime to commit human rights atrocities in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) and peddle disinformation against Pakistan,” read the statement.
“The world has seen the true face of the so-called Indian ‘democracy’. We are closely following these revelations and will bring the Indian abuses to the attention of appropriate global platforms.”
The recent revelations by Pegasus Project show that the Indian government had targeted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone for surveillance in 2019. Analysis of the more than 1,000 mostly Indian phone numbers selected for potential targeting by using Pegasus spyware strongly indicates intelligence agencies within the Indian government were behind the selection.
The daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat was killed on Tuesday. Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found murdered at a residence in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 and the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffar was arrested for the murder.
While addressing a press conference on the issue, SSP, Investigation Ataur Rehman answered questions about the incident, cautioning that most of the details had still not been uncovered. He said that despite arresting Zahir on the spot, the alleged murderer had not given any concrete answers.
“When we arrested him, he was sound and in his senses. He may have had a past history [of taking drugs] but at least at this time he was completely in his senses,” SSP Ataur Rehman said, answering a question about if Zahir was intoxicated when arrested. The police officer repeatedly stated that when Zahir was arrested, he was sound and fully in his senses and actions, when asked if Zahir’s legal team might, or could, pursue an insanity defense.
The SSP also stated that while initially the police had stated that Noor had been shot, there was now, no evidence of her being shot. They did find a firearm at the residence but there was no proof that the gun was used on Noor, and the firearm had a bullet that was stuck inside.
The house staff is also being interrogated and asked about how long Noor was in the house, if they knew that the suspect had planned to murder her, said SSP Rehman. He also added that the staff stated that they heard the two fighting.
Police had been told about the incident by a local resident and reached the house in 15 minutes, the officer said, adding that evidence was also being collected.
The SSP said that the case would be investigated thoroughly and even if the suspect does not give a statement, they would collect enough evidence to convict.
Noor Mukadam, 27, was murdered and beheaded, allegedly by Zahir Jaffer, the son of a leading businessman, stated the police on Tuesday. The suspect was arrested on the spot.
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 late on Tuesday, reported Dawn.
After the brutal murder of Noor Mukadam, people on social media demanded justice using the hashtag #JusticeForNoor, with her friends lamenting the death of a person who was “one of kindest humans….compassionate, smiling, offering her little unique gestures of kindness”.
This was reportedly the third brutal attack on a woman in the country in the past few days.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has expressed his sorrow after learning about the death of senior Journalist Arif Nizami. The veteran journalist was under treatment at a hospital in Lahore for the last two weeks after he had suffered a heart attack.
“Saddened to learn of the passing of veteran journalist, editor, and political commentator Arif Nizami. My condolences and prayers go to his family.”
Saddened to learn of the passing of veteran journalist, editor and political commentator Arif Nizami. My condolences and prayers go to his family.
Arif Nizami had, in 2013, served as the former caretaker minister for information and broadcasting, and had also worked for The Nation before launching his own newspaper Pakistan Today.
Politicians who had known Nizami tweeted their condolences.
عارف نظامی صاحب کی رحلت کا سن کر دل بجھ گیا ہے، ان سے طویل تعلق تھا، تحریک پاکستان میں ان کے والد حمید نظامی اور میرے دادا چوہدری اویس اور تایا چوہدری الطاف حسین ہمسفر تھے اسی تعلق سے ان سے وہی تعلق رہا جو خاندان کے بزرگوں سے ہوتا ہے خدا غریق رحمت کرے pic.twitter.com/AnUJFpUflZ
Deeply shocked to learn that Arif Nizami is no more & with him an era of old school journalism has come to an end. As a journalist, editor & anchor, he was second to none. May Allah rest his soul in peace!
عارف نظامی صاحب کی رحلت کا سن کر دل بجھ گیا ہے، ان سے طویل تعلق تھا، تحریک پاکستان میں ان کے والد حمید نظامی اور میرے دادا چوہدری اویس اور تایا چوہدری الطاف حسین ہمسفر تھے اسی تعلق سے ان سے وہی تعلق رہا جو خاندان کے بزرگوں سے ہوتا ہے خدا غریق رحمت کرے pic.twitter.com/AnUJFpUflZ
Devastated that old friend,colleague and pillar of Pakistani journalism,Arif Nizami has passed away. His passing symbolises the end of an era! He was from an old guard who sacrificed for principles and never shied from telling bald truths to power. Heart goes out to his family 💔
The daughter of a former diplomat was killed yesterday in the capital. According to details, the police said the victim was slaughtered after being shot. Another person was also injured in the incident, Dawn News has reported.
“A friend of the girl had been arrested over his alleged involvement in the murder,” police said, “the alleged killer is a son of leading businessman.”
“A man named Zahir Jaffer, who was allegedly involved in the murder, was arrested on the spot and taken to the police station,” the Islamabad police tweeted.
اسلام آباد سیکٹر 4/F-7 میں خاتون کے قتل کا معاملہ قتل کی اطلاع ملتےہی سینئر افسران نےموقع واردات پر پہنچ کر تحقیقات شروع کردیں۔ قتل میں ممکنہ طور پر ملوث ظاہر جعفر نامی شخص کو موقع واردات سے گرفتار کرکے تھانہ منتقل کردیاگیا۔ وقوعہ کا مقدمہ درج کیا جارہا ہے#IslamabadPolice
According to The Current’s sources, the alleged murderer, Zahir Jaffer was working in his family business and had been left alone in the city during the Eid holidays. A college dropout, Zahir’s friends have suggested that he was an active drug user.
People on social media are demanding justice by using the hashtag #JusticeForNoor, with her friends lamenting the death of a person who seems to be “one of kindest humans….compassionate, smiling, offering her little unique gestures of kindness”.
Please don’t use the term ‘crime of passion’. It minimises the nature of the crime & makes it seem like ‘passion’ (particularly of a scorned man) is a valid reason to commit murder. Simply call it a ‘crime’ or ‘murder’. That is what it is. #JusticeForNoor
Beheaded. Right in the heart of the capital. Zahir Jaffer is the murderer. Influential. Elitist. Businessman. @ImranKhanPTI make sure he is punished. He deserves the worst our justice system can give. Torture him to his end. Make sure he gets what he deserves. #JusticeForNoor
I remember Noor as one of the sweetest, kindest and most soft-spoken people that I ever came across in school. Shocked and utterly heartbroken. May Allah bless her soul and may that animal who brutally took her life rot in the deepest pits of hell. #JusticeForNoor
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting, Farrukh Habib, said that when Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone was being hacked through Pegasus spyware, it was Nawaz Sharif’s government.
Farrukh made this statement after The Guardian reported that the Indian government targeted Prime Minister Imran Khan’s phone for surveillance.
Farrukh further added that while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was busy hacking the phones of his Opposition, who knows, Nawaz Sharif might have sought Modi’s help for some other purposes as well.
“We will not allow them [Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi] to remain silent on these issues,” added Farrukh.
Special Assistant to Prime Minister Dr Shahbaz Gill tweeted, “Maryam Safdar kept speaking against Imran Khan. Today, the international media has once again exposed the nexus between her [Maryam Nawaz’s] father and Israel.”
کل مریم صفدر عمران خان کے خلاف ہرزہ سرائئ کرتی رہیں آج انٹرنیشنل میڈیا نےایک بارپھرانکے والداور اسرائیل گٹھ جوڑ کو بے نقاب کیاکہ اسرائیل کے ساتھ ملکرنواز شریف پاکستانی آفیشلزاورعمران خان،جبکہ مودی اسرائیل کے ساتھ ملکر اپنی اپوزیشن کے فون ہیک کرتا رہا بے شک اللّٰہ الحق ہے
