SC hearing on Zahir Jaffer’s death sentence appeal in Noor Mukadam case set for May 13

The Supreme Court of Pakistan is set to hear the appeal against Zahir Jaffer’s death sentence in the Noor Mukadam murder case on May 13, according to its latest cause list, it emerged on Sunday.

Noor, 27, was found murdered at a residence in Islamabad’s upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20, 2021. A first information report (FIR) was registered later the same day against Zahir Jaffer, who was arrested from the site of the murder.

In February 2022, a district and sessions judge convicted Jaffer of murdering Mukadam...