Noor Mukadam’s killer Zahir Jaffer challenges death sentence in SC

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ISLAMABAD: Zaheer Jafar, a convicted killer of Noor Makadam, filed a review petition in the Supreme Court on Wednesday May 20, which upheld his death sentence on the charges of a 27 -year -old child in his Islamabad house in 2021.

A three -member bench, headed by Justice Hashim Kakar and headed by Justice Ashiaq Ibrahim and Justice Ali Baqir Najafi, upheld Jafar’s death and fines earlier this year. The Supreme Court, with the co -operative, reduced the punishments of the IE, Jafar’s watchman and the gardener and ruled that the sentences already presented by both would be sufficient.

In 2021, this high -profile case received public attention when Jafar, the son of an industrialist, brutally attacked and killed the former ambassador’s daughter McDDam.

The victim made repeated efforts to avoid that night, but two members of Jafar’s domestic staff blocked it. The murderer then resorted to harassing him with the noklidster and used a “sharp stripe weapon” to behead him.

Makadam repeatedly tried to avoid the night he was killed, but two members of Jafar’s domestic staff blocked it.

In February 2022, a district and sessions court sentenced Jafar hard work to 25 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs 200,000, the end of the case continued for four months.

Almost a year later, in March 2023, the Islamabad High Court upgraded Jafar’s death sentence and upgraded his 25 -year sentence, on the appeals filed against the culprits.

‘The video recording did not prove’

In a review petition filed by Advocate Mohammad Usman Mirza, Jafar has argued on the prosecution’s dependence on the video recording.

The petition argued that the SC’s decisions on May 20 failed to consider the fact that the recording was not proven during the trial.

“Parts of these so -called recording, on the basis of which were drawn against the applicant on the signal of the ‘final look’, was never played during the trial. But only the evidence of hearing was led by the prosecution in the case of verbal statement.

“So far the PFSA’s forensic report is related to the video recording […] The relevant date and the law found on time have not been proved the same, because neither the author nor the executioner (ie, the concerned forensic expert/ie) entered the witness to confirm the oath, but it was just a prosecution by the prosecution.

“Thus, the authenticity of the aforementioned video recording has not been proven in this regard.”

The request emphasizes: “Once the video recording is removed from carefully due to its lack of evidence and authenticity, a necessary link in the chain of evidence to present a death sentence against the applicant on the basis of the evidence of the situation ends, and the result is 20.05.2025.

In addition, Jafar’s review request has given rise to his mental state and ability at the time of the incident, and it argues that the SC’s decision on May 20 is “suffering from a mistake on the face of the record because it has not focused on the mindlessness of the mind or the mental capacity of the applicant.”

It is further highlighted that the court did not decide Jafar’s request for the exam by any medical board.

“The trial court record shows that the question of mental capacity for the applicant’s trial has never been taken, nor has it been resolved seriously, as in this August court, Saifiya Binu, was declared compulsory in the case of inter -region.

“The applicant was considered a follower during the entire trial, and all his mental disorders were faked and presented, and, in the same way, his case related to mental illness was never considered according to justice and law, and even if he had no question, it was worth it.

Medical inspection

It is appropriate to know that a two -member medical board of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) in Adiala Jail on Monday made a physical and mental diagnosis of the offender at Adiala Jail.

The board consists of Dr. Aamir from the neurology department and Dr. Shafqat Nawaz.

Jail officials said the test took place inside the Central Jail Rawalpindi and was part of the legal process even before submitting a mercy request to the President of Pakistan.

Jail authorities said the medical board was formed by the jail administration on a formal request from the PIMS director.

The board has been given the task of assessing the mental and psychological condition of the offender and will submit a report that will be sent to the President with a request for mercy.

Officials also revealed that Jafar was mentally stable at the early imprisonment in Adiala Jail and had no history of psychological illness.

However, after being sentenced to death by the trial court, he was undergoing treatment at the jail hospital for about two months before he was fit and moved to the death cell.