Zahir Jaffer has lodged an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the death sentence he was given for murdering Noor Mukadam in 2021 in Islamabad.

Jaffer has argued that the trial and the Islamabad High Court (IHC) failed to recognize the fundamental deficiencies in the First Information Report (FIR) and that their judgments were based on an incorrect understanding of the evidence, Hassnat Malik has reportsd for Express Trbuine.

On Feburary 2, 2022, a sessions court sentenced Zahir Jaffer to death for a murder that prompted national outrage. The victim,
27-year-old Noor, was found beheaded at Jaffer’s residence in Islamabad’s upscale F-7/4 Sector on July 20, 2021. She was the daughter of a diplomat and had known Jaffer.

The gruesome murder sent shockwaves across the country and sparked nationwide calls for justice for Noor, cumulating in a sensational trial and eventual convictions.