ISLAMABAD: A district and sessions court in Islamabad today (Monday) sent Zahir Zakir Jaffer — the primary suspect in Noor Mukadam’s brutal murder case — to jail on 14-day judicial remand.
According to details, the suspect was produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate Shaista Khan Kundi following the completion of his two-day remand. The court accepted the police’s request for the suspect’s judicial remand and ordered for him to be produced before it on August 16.
The prosecutor told the court that police had, for now, completed their investigation and that they no longer required his physical custody. However, the judge said there was nothing like a “complete investigation for now”.
The judge and asked him if he wanted to say anything to the court to which Jaffer responded that his lawyer would speak for him.
The case
Noor, daughter of former Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Mukadam, was found murdered at a residence in Islamabad’s upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20.
A first information report (FIR) was registered later the same day against Jaffer, who was arrested from the site of the murder, under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the victim’s father.
Meanwhile, the paternal and maternal families of Zahir said that they will not support him in any form. The Jaffer family, Zahir’s paternal side, extended their condolence and announced denouncing Zahir forever.
“Our shock and grief at this horrific act has led to a prolonged silence that we very much regret. However, we categorically condemn this atrocity and forever denounce Zahir and his actions,” it added.
