ISLAMABAD: A local court on Tuesday reserved the verdict in high-profile case regarding murder of Noor Mukadam after multiple twists and deferrals.
District and Sessions Court Judge Ata Rabbani reserved the judgment after the petitioner’s counsel completed his arguments in the case. The judge will announce the reserved verdict on February 24. The counsels for the accused had already completed his arguments on the last hearing. Zahir Jaffar, the counsel for the accused, also appeared before the court. During the hearing, Advocate Khawar Shah, the counsel representing Noor’s father, argued on the case, submitted details and events before the murder as per the CCTV footage submitted in evidence.
The counsel argued that the case had solid evidence against the accused, based on DVR, CDR, forensic and DNA reports, pointing out that all the evidence gathered scientifically were made part of the case. He argued that prosecution proved the case against Zahir Jaffar and pleaded with the court to award strict punishment to all the accused involved in the case.
Prosecutor Rana Hassan asked: “What would have a father gone through when he saw the decapitated body of his daughter?”. He argued that the biggest evidence against Jaffer was that he was arrested from the crime scene with the murder weapon and bloodstained clothes and the DVR was declared authentic and presented as the last evidence in the case.
The prosecutor said that the court should make this case an example by punishing the accused as strictly as possible. The counsel for the accused, however, opposed the arguments of the prosecution, saying that the prosecution had claimed that every object [evidence against accused] had Zahir’s fingerprints, but it was still unable to state the reason for why his fingerprints weren’t found on the murder weapon.
He also raised a question as to why not Noor’s mother made part of the investigations. Noor Mukadam could have called anyone to inform [about her situation] by locking herself in a bathroom but she didn’t.