Noor Mukadam case: US embassy officials meet Zahir Jaffer in jail
- By Babar Malik -
- Apr 04, 2024

A team from the United States (US) embassy in Islamabad met Zahir Jaffer, a convict in the Noor Mukadam murder case, in Adiala Jail on Thursday.
He was sentenced by an Islamabad trial court to 10 years in prison a year later.
The three-member team included Michael Murphy, Naveed Ghazi and Usama Hanif.
They were given consular access to Jaffer, who is a US national. The meeting took place in the room of the jail’s deputy superintendent.
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Noor Mukadam murder
The grisly murder, in which Mukadam was beheaded, took place on July 20 in Islamabad’s F-7 area.
The Islamabad police arrested suspect Zahir Zakir Jaffer on the night of July 20, 2021, from his house where, according to Noor’s parents, he killed her with a sharp instrument and severed her head.