Therapy Works and its alleged role in the murder of Noor Mukadam

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.

#JusticeForNoor Update-2: @ICT_Police has decided to interview the management of Therapy Works, which granted murderer #ZahirJaffer qualification as a therapist and subsequently employed him. @Nutellastaan @BACP

— Tom Hussain (@tomthehack) July 23, 2021

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.

Maria

— BACP (@BACP) July 22, 2021

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.

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— TherapyWorks (@TherapyWorksPak) July 21, 2021

While Therapy 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.