The judge issued a short order according to which Zahir had been sentenced to death under Section 302(b) (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC). However, the death sentence awarded to the convict shall be subject to confirmation by the Islamabad High Court (IHC). Read Noor Mukadam murder case: A timeline“In case of non-payment of [the] compensation amount, it shall be realised as arrears of land revenue. The court also said the evidence had further revealed that Zahir kept Noor in his room from July 18, 2021 to July 20, 2021. On September 11, the police submitted an interim challan in the Noor murder case to the court, according to which the prime suspect, Zahir, had confessed to killing Noor after she refused to marry him.

Source: The Express Tribune February 25, 2022 02:40 UTC