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Noor Mukadam Case: SC upholds Zahir Jaffer’s death sentence
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The high-profile Noor Mukadam murder case, the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld the death sentence of the main convicted Zahir Jaffer by dismissing his review petition.
- The judgment was announced by a three-member bench headed by Justice Hashim Kakar after a long hearing.
- Earlier, during the hearing, the counsel of Zahir Jaffer, Khawaja Haris, argued that a toxicology test had been conducted on the victim, but no drug test was carried out on the convict.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize ISLAMABAD: The high-profile Noor Mukadam murder case, the Supreme Court of Pakistan upheld the death sentence of the main convicted Zahir Jaffer by dismissing his review petition.
The judgment was announced by a three-member bench headed by Justice Hashim Kakar after a long hearing.
Earlier, during the hearing, the counsel of Zahir Jaffer, Khawaja Haris, argued that a toxicology test had been conducted on the victim, but no drug test was carried out on the convict.
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