ISLAMABAD: The parents of Zahir Zakir Jaffer — the killer of Noor Mukadam, moved a bail petition in a district and sessions court in Islamabad against their detention. Admitting the petition, the court issued a notice to the police and fixed July 30 as the date for hearing.
The brutal murder of Noor, 27, daughter of former Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Mukadam, surfaced on July 20 when she was found dead at a residence in Islamabad’s upscale Sector F-7/4.
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.
Later on July 24, Islamabad police had also arrested the parents and household staff of Zahir for hiding evidence and being complicit in the crime.
During hearing of the case earlier in the day, the court had sent five suspects including Zahir Zakir Jaffer and his parents, to jail on a judicial remand till Aug 9.
The investigators had produced Zahir Jaffer, his parents — Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee — as well as two domestic helpers, Iftikhar and Jameel, before the court under tight security.
The judge asked the defence counsel if he wanted to furnish any argument on the judicial remand of the suspects, but the latter replied in the negative.
The court then sent the suspects on judicial remand until August 9 and sought the complete case record in the next hearing. The counsel for the defendants also requested the judge to allow his meeting with parents of Zahir Jaffer in the courtroom and his request was granted.
