'Justice delayed, but justice delivered': Twitter hails IHC upholding death sentence in Noor Mukadam murder case.

Noor Mukadam was murdered by Zahir Jaffer in 2021 and after two years of court proceedings, the Islamabad High Court has sentenced the rapist and murderer, Zahir Jaffer, to death twice. Though Twitter is of the belief that the punishment should have been handed out a long time ago, it is glad justice is finally being served.

The IHC on Wednesday upheld Jaffer's death sentence which was earlier reserved on Dec 21 in the Noor Mukadam murder case. A two-member division bench comprising IHC Chief Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Sardar Ijaz Ishaq Khan announced the verdict.

In its judgment today, the IHC rejected Jaffer's plea and sentenced him to death twice. It turned the 25-year jail term awarded to the criminal into the death penalty.

Justice delayed but delivered.

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