ISLAMABAD
\nThe Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday heard the appeals of the convicts in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
\nA two-member bench of high court comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir presided over various petitions related to the high-profile case.
\nShah Khawar, the lawyer for plaintiff Shaukat Mukadam, the father of Noor Muqaddam, the girl who had been beheaded by his boyfriend in his house in Islamabad, appeared before the court.
\nThe convicts in the Noor Mukadam murder case including Zahir Jaffer, Iftikhar and Jan Muhammad had filed appeals against the death sentence.
\nThe plaintiff, on the other hand, had challenged the acquittal of Ismat Adam, Zakir Jaffer, Jamil and six other accused. The plaintiff had also filed an appeal to increase the sentences of Zahir Jaffer, Iftikhar and Jan Muhammad.
\n\u201cVarious appeals have been filed in this case. So, we will look at them one by one,\u201d the court said. \u201cThe first is Zahir Jaffer\u2019s jail appeal for which we have to appoint a public prosecutor,\u201d it added.
\nThe court issued a notice to the plaintiff and state on the appeal of Zahir Jaffer. It also directed the registrar office to make a paper book based on the record it received. The court also sought arguments on the appeals of Shaukat Muqaddam and the state for increasing the sentence of the convicts on next hearing.
\nLawyer Kamran Murtaza appeared before the court on behalf of Iftikhar and Jan Mohammad In the petition against the acquittal of the accused, the plaintiff\u2019s lawyer was directed to give arguments on next hearing.
\nMeanwhile, the bench also sought arguments on the petition by the victim\u2019s father seeking extension in the sentences of the convicts and against the acquittal of six suspects in the next hearing.
\nOn February 24, an Islamabad sessions court announced the final verdict in the Noor Mukadam murder case sentencing Zahir Jaffer, the prime suspect, to death and acquitting his parents Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee.
\nJaffer got various jail terms on three other counts. Therapy Works CEO Tahir Zahoor and other employees had also been acquitted.
\nHowever, two of Jaffer\u2019s servants had been sentenced to ten years in prison each. Mohammad Iftikhar (watchman) and Mohammad Jan (gardener) were accused of aiding Jaffer in the crime. A third servant Jameel Ahmed (cook) had been acquitted.
\nThe Noor Mukadam case made headlines for its extraordinarily graphic detail. The young woman was found dead in Zahir Jaffer\u2019s house located in Islamabad\u2019s Sector F-7\/4 on July 20 last year. It was prominent not just because it emerged that the victim was beheaded and mutilated but also because Noor\u2019s father Shaukat Mukadam is a former diplomat, and it happened in an upscale neighborhood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday heard the appeals of the convicts in the Noor Mukadam murder case. A two-member bench of high court comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir presided over various petitions related to the high-profile case. Shah Khawar, the lawyer for plaintiff Shaukat Mukadam, the father of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5289,32,9133],"class_list":{"0":"post-268721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-appeals","9":"tag-ihc","10":"tag-noor-mukadam-murder-case"},"yoast_head":"\n