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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

Pakistan’s top court upholds death penalty for man who beheaded girlfriend

Zahir Jaffer - (AFP/Getty)

The Supreme Court of Pakistan has upheld the death penalty of an American citizen for beheading his girlfriend after she refused to marry him.

Zahir Jaffer, the scion of one of the South Asian country’s richest families, was convicted of murdering Noor Mukaddam at his home in Islamabad on 20 July 2021.

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