IHC to hear pleas of Noor Mukadam case convicts on June 28.

ISLAMABAD -- The Islamabad High Court (IHC) will hear the petitions of the convicts in the Noor Mukadam murder case on June 28, 2022.

A local court in Islamabad had sentenced the prime accused, Zahir Jaffer, to death for killing Noor after a long-drawn trial of over four months. Meanwhile, co-accused Jan Muhammad and Muhammad Iftikhar - the gardener and security guard at Zahir's house - have been sentenced to 10 years in prison each.

A division bench, comprising Justice Amir Farooq and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz, will hear the convicts' petitions challenging the punishments awarded to them.

The IHC had deferred the hearing of the pleas on Monday due to the unavailability of the bench members.

The trial of the gruesome murder continued for four months and eight days. The trial court had finally reached a decision in the high-profile case after multiple twists and deferrals.

Twenty-seven-year-old Noor was found dead at the residence of the prime suspect, Zahir Jaffer, in Islamabad's upscale Sector F-7/4 on July 20, 2021.

After a first information report (FIR) was registered under Section 302 (premeditated murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) on behalf of Noor's father - former Pakistani ambassador Shaukat Ali Mukadam - Zahir was arrested with a murder...