ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court has issued its detailed judgment explaining its decision to dismiss Zahir Jaffer’s review petition against his death sentence in the Noor Mukadam murder case.
The 12-page judgment, authored by Justice Ishtiaq Ibrahim, says a review petition cannot be treated as an appeal. The court noted that Jaffer had sought to have his death sentence reduced to life imprisonment on the grounds that he was mentally ill.
The judgment says Jaffer failed to produce evidence that could justify a review of the court’s earlier decision.
According to the detailed ruling, the record established that Jaffer had committed an extremely serious crime and there were no grounds for reducing his sentence. The court also said its jurisdiction in a review petition is very limited and the proceedings cannot be used to re-examine the case as an appeal.
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The Supreme Court also referred to United Nations data, saying around 50,000 women were killed by intimate partners or family members in 2024. It said Islam provides women with protection and respect, while violence against women and exposing them to insecurity are against both religious and worldly laws.
A trial court had sentenced Jaffer to death for the rape and murder of Noor Mukadam. The Islamabad High Court and later the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence.
