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<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Wealthy Pakistani-American, the son of one of Pakistan&#8217;s richest families is sentenced to death for raping and beheading diplomat&#8217;s daughter, 27, in July 2021</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Zahir Jaffer brutally murdered ;Noor Muqaddam at his Islamabad home last year, <strong>after she rejected his marriage proposal</strong> </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Mukadam, 27, the daughter of a former ambassador made attempts to escape </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>CCTV footage showed her being stopped from leaving and dragged on the floor ; </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong><strong>Jaffer, the 30-year-old son of an influential family with dual Pakistan-US citizenship, was arrested at the scene of the attack </strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Charged with premeditated murder, rape, abduction and confinement, he pled not guilty to all charges</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong><strong>The court heard Jaffer ;battered Muqaddam with a knuckleduster, raped her, and used a &#8216;sharp-edged weapon&#8217; to behead her ; </strong></strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Jaffer who is to be &#8216;hanged by his neck till he is dead&#8217;, for murder also received a concurrent sentence of 25 years in prison for abduction and rape</strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Jaffer&#8217;s parents, Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee, were found not guilty of attempting to cover up the crime </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>The two Jaffer staff members who helped in the abduction were sentenced to 10 years in prison for abetting murder </strong></h2>



<h2 class="has-text-color has-medium-font-size wp-block-heading" style="color:#564040"><strong>Although happy that &#8216;justice has been served,&#8217; Noor&#8217;s father, Shuakat Muqaddam has pledged to challenge the acquittal of the killer&#8217;s parents </strong></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Zahir-Jaffer-6.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400820" width="842" height="599"/><figcaption><strong>Spurned suitor turned killer: Zahir Jaffer [photo], the son of one of the richest families in Pakistan, brutally murdered Noor Muqaddam, 27, at his home in Islamabad on July 20, 2021. He&#8217;s seen leaving court Thursday after his death sentence</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>A privileged 30-year-old scion of a wealthy family with dual US and Pakistani nationality, has been sentenced to death for raping and beheading a Pakistani diplomat&#8217;s daughter, after she rejected his marriage proposal.<br>Zahir Jaffer, the son of one of the richest families in Pakistan, brutally murdered ;Noor Muqaddam, 27, at his home in Islamabad on July 20, 2021. <br>The victim also came from one of Pakistan&#8217;s richest families. Jaffer reportedly killed Muqaddam, the youngest daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat, after holding her captive for three days at his apartment in an upmarket area of Islamabad.</p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>CCTV footage shows Noor Muqaddam being dragged by her arm along the floor by a man, through a door and back into the property</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Helping in the conviction was damming CCTV footage from killer&#8217;s home in Islamabad that showed the victim being forcibly constrained at the property, as she made a bid to escape her imminent death.<br>Security camera footage showed Noor Muqaddam, the daughter of a former ambassador, had made repeated attempts to escape the sprawling mansion but was blocked by two members Jaffer&#8217;s staff.<br>That footage has been released to the public, and shows ;Muqaddam trying to flee the compound through a large gate, but being stopped by the staff.<br>CCTV footage then shows her being dragged by her arm along the floor by a man, through a door and back into the property.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Noor-Mukadam-5.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400823" width="831" height="849"/><figcaption><strong>Security camera footage showed Noor Mukadam [photo]), made repeated attempts to escape the sprawling mansion but was blocked by staff Zahir Jaffer attacks Noor Muqaddam prior to killing her</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The court heard that the 30-year-old Pakistani-American tortured her with a knuckleduster, raped her, and used a &#8216;sharp-edged weapon&#8217; to behead her. <br>&#8216;The main accused has been awarded the death sentence,&#8217; said judge Atta Rabbani at the Islamabad district court. <br>Jaffer&#8217;s parents, Zakir Jaffer and Asmat Adamjee, were found not guilty of attempting to cover up the crime. <br>The two staff members were sentenced to 10 years in prison for abetting murder. <br>&#8216;I am happy that justice has been served,&#8217; said Shuakat Muqaddam, Noor&#8217;s father, while pledging to challenge the acquittal of Jaffer&#8217;s parents. <br>The case prompted an explosive reaction from women&#8217;s rights campaigners reckoning with the pervasion of violence against women, culminating with Women Rights activists with placards and candles holding a protest rally against the brutal killing of Noor Muqaddam on September 22, 2021</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Zahir-Jaffer-right-to-hang-for-killing-Noor-Muqaddam-left-2-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400863" width="845" height="455"/><figcaption><strong>Zahir Jaffer [right] tortured Muqaddam [left], with a knuckleduster, raped her, and used a &#8216;sharp-edged weapon&#8217; to behead her. </strong> <strong>The shocking impunity and brutality of the murder involving a couple from the privileged elite of Pakistani society, led to pressure for the trial to conclude swiftly in a country where the justice system is notoriously sluggish and cases typically drag on for years.</strong> ;</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Noor-Mukadam-protest-march-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400825" width="839" height="535"/><figcaption><strong> On <strong>Sept., 22, 2021</strong>, Women Rights activists hold placards and candles during a protest rally against the brutal killing of Noor Muqaddam. <strong> ;In Pakistan victims of sexual and domestic abuse are often too afraid to speak out, and criminal complaints frequently not investigated seriously. This grew into a test case of the justice ministry&#8217;s seriousness in tackling the epidemic of femicide</strong> </strong></figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Noor-Muqaddam-protest-march-4.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400853" width="838" height="552"/><figcaption><strong>The outrage at the killing of Noor Muqaddam spread countrywide as these Rights activists in Lahore protest against violence towards women after her murder ;</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>The shocking impunity of the murder, involving a couple from the privileged elite of Pakistani society, led to pressure for the trial to conclude swiftly in a country where the justice system is notoriously sluggish and cases typically drag on for years. ;<br>According to the Asma Jahangir Legal Aid Cell, a group providing legal assistance to vulnerable women, the conviction rate for cases of violence against them is lower than three percent.<br>Targets of sexual and domestic abuse are often too afraid to speak out, and criminal complaints frequently not investigated seriously. ;<br>&#8216;Convictions have been dismally low for victims&#8230; making today&#8217;s guilty verdict all the more significant,&#8217; said Amnesty International South Asia campaigner Rimmel Mohydin. <br>The court verdict dictates Jaffer be &#8216;hanged by his neck till he is dead&#8217;, however he was also given a concurrent sentence of 25 years in prison for abduction and rape. <br>He will also be able to challenge Thursday&#8217;s verdict. </p>



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</div><figcaption><strong>The accused killer, Pakistani &#8211; US national Zahir Jaffer, arrives court in Pakistan on Thursday. He was sentenced to death for the murder of 27-year-old Pakistan&#8217;s Noor Muqaddam who is also from an influential Pakistani family</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>According to local reports, Jaffer belongs to a high-society family in Pakistan who founded a trading company in 1849 &#8211; ;Ahmed Jaffer and Company. <br>His father, ;Zakir, serves as a director of the company, according to his profile on LinkedIn. Jaffer&#8217;s mother Asmat is reportedly a housewife. ; <br><strong>Related Articles: </strong></p>



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<p>Executions have rarely been carried out in Pakistan in recent years &#8211; and usually only involving terrorism cases &#8211; in part due to pressure from the European Union. <br>The last was in December 2019, according to the Justice Project Pakistan, making it likely Jaffer will only serve jail time, with remissions for religious holidays and good behavior. <br>Jaffer was thrown out of court several times during the trial for unruly behavior. </p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Zahir-Jaffer-2-1024x728.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400859" width="827" height="588"/><figcaption><strong>Entitled: During the trial, Zahir Jaffer [photo], was thrown out of court several times during the trial for unruly behavior </strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>He was frequently carried into proceedings by stretcher or wheelchair, and his lawyers argued he should be found not &#8216;mentally sound&#8217;, a legal maneuver designed to have the trial suspended, prosecutors said. At one hearing he claimed someone else had killed Muqaddam during a &#8216;drug party&#8217; at his house. <br>When questioning Muqaddam&#8217;s father &#8211; a former ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan &#8211; Jaffer&#8217;s lawyer implied she was killed by her own family for conducting a relationship outside of marriage.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Shuakat-Mukadam-1.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-400826" width="838" height="592"/><figcaption><strong>Shuakat Muqaddam, a former ambassador and father of the murdered Pakistani girl Noor Mukadam, speaks to the members of the media as he leaves a court after the case verdict in Islamabad, Pakistan, 24 February 2022</strong></figcaption></figure>



<p>Prosecutions for violence and sexual assault frequently see the female victim&#8217;s personal history picked over according to Pakistan&#8217;s patriarchal mores &#8211; justice for woman victim even rarer, another reason why misogamy and violence against women thrives with absurd impunity. <br>According to a recent ;<a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.hrw.org/sites/default/files/media_2022/01/World%20Report%202022%20web%20pdf_0.pdf" target="_blank">report ;</a>by Human Rights Watch on Pakistan, &#8216;Violence against women and girls – including rape, murder, acid attacks, domestic violence, and forced marriage – is endemic throughout Pakistan. Human rights defenders estimate that roughly 1,000 women are killed in so-called &#8216;honour&#8217; killings every year.&#8217;</p>

Islamabad court sentences to death Zahir Jaffer, 30, scion of one of Pakistan’s richest families who has US citizenship – for raping and beheading diplomat’s daughter, 27, after she spurned his proposal
