U.S. national gets death for raping, beheading Pakistan ex-diplomat's daughter

The Toronto Sun ^ | Feb. 24 2022 | Asif Shahzad

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ISLAMABAD — A Pakistani court on Thursday sentenced a U.S. national of Pakistani origin to death for raping and beheading the daughter of a former diplomat, crimes that sparked outrage across the South Asian nation.

The body of Noor Mukadam, 27, was found in Islamabad on July 20. Police charged Zahir Jaffer, from one of Pakistan’s wealthiest families, with a murder that has dominated headlines ever since.

The maximum sentence was “necessary,” the victim’s father said after sentencing.

“I’ve been saying that this is not just my daughter’s case, it is a case for all the daughters of my country,” he said.

Investigators say Jaffer lured Mukadam, a friend and daughter of Pakistan’s former envoy to South Korea, to his home, held her there for two days and then brutally murdered her.

Two of Jaffer’s employees were jailed for 10 years each on charges of abetting in the crime.

Hundreds of women are killed in Pakistan each year and thousands more are victims of brutal violence, but few cases get sustained media attention and only a small fraction of perpetrators are ever punished.

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Not exactly a good ole boy.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Well, bye.

[wny]

What’s the problem?

[Tell It Right]

"U.S. national of Pakistani origin"

Doing jobs Americans just won't do.

It was an act of Jeb! love.

[ChuckHam]

I’m lost here. I thought he was just doing things the muslim way?

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None whatsoever. He just chose the wrong jurisdiction. If he’d done this in say California he’d have a long career at San Quentin at worst.

[MercyFlush]

Can’t say as I disagree with everything the Muslims do.

[MtnClimber]

I bet it doesn’t take between 40 years and never over there.

[MtnClimber]

He looks like such a kind murderer. /s

[PLMerite]

Victim:

[Bullish]

Death to Islam... It’s the only way.

[Chode]

right??? i mean, when in Rome...

[TXBlair]

That looks like a stick-on beard.

[SmokingJoe]

Off with his head!

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RIP

[Tacrolimus1mg]

This guy was punished only because he killed the daughter of a diplomat. While deserving of what he gets, so many more women and girls are raped and (honor) killed all over the country, with no repercussions.

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[ConservativeMind]

“US National” means “Pakistani citizen.”

No different with any foreign student or worker here in the US that isn’t a citizen.

Execute away!

[Little Ray]

Good. I hope it hurts.

[Seruzawa]

If he’d raped her and then let her go the father would probably have honor-killed her himself for the crime of being raped. F*** Pakistan... safe harbor for al-Qaeda.