Shaukat Ali Muqaddam, father of slain Noor Muqaddam, while recording his statement in the murder case of his daughter in an Islamabad court, demanded the death sentence for the main accused Zahir Jaffer.
Additional Sessions Judge Ata Rabbani heard the case, during which Shaukat Ali Muqaddam said he had no "personal enmity" with anyone but had "unjustly killed my daughter".
He said that Zahir Jaffer should be given death sentence.
Shaukat Ali Muqaddam was administered oath before the statement was recorded during the hearing.
"Before the statement, I would like to request that I appear in a court for the first time in my life. If the matter is not in accordance with the protocol, I will be pardoned," he said, after which the judge directed him to record the statement.
Noor Muqaddam's father said that he and his wife had left home for some work on July 19 and Noor was not there when he returned home.
He was told that Noor did not return for a long time. When Shaukat's wife came back, she called Noor but Noor's mobile was switched off.
Shaukat Ali Muqaddam said that after that he started looking for Noor and when Noor picked up his phone, he said that she was going to Lahore with her friends for a few days and told her parents not to worry.
"I know Zahir's family. On July 20, Zahir called me on two numbers in the afternoon and said that Noor was not with him," he said.
He added that later at 10 pm he received a call from Kohsar police station informing him that his daughter had been killed and he was called to the police station.
Shaukat Muqaddam said that when he reached the police station, he was taken to a house which was Zahir's house.
He further added that he went inside the house and saw that Noor had been brutally killed and his head was severed from his body.
He said he identified Noor's body and gave his signed statement to Assistant Sub-Inspector Zubair Mazhar and later signed a report on the cause of death.
Shaukat Ali Muqaddam said that he had handed over Noor's body on July 21 for autopsy.
He reminded that he was called on July 23 for interrogation and recovery of Noor's mobile and added that when he went to Kohsar police station the day after the apparent interrogation, the accused revealed that he had taken Noor's mobile. He called on July 18 and his mobile phone was confiscated earlier.
Shaukat said that the phone was found in the closet on the way to Zahir's residence.
Zahir's father and co-accused Zakir Jaffer's lawyer Basharatullah Khan then cross-examined Shaukat Muqaddam's statement.
He asked Shaukat Muqaddam to confirm whether it was normal for Noor to leave his house without informing him. He also asked the victim's father about where he had found Noor and whether he Provided the names of his friends in the investigation.
Shaukat Ali Muqaddam replied, "No, I did not name any friend and I did not look for Noor after the phone call."
During the cross-examination of Akram Qureshi, lawyer of Tahir Zahoor, owner of Therapy Works Was included.
Akram Qureshi said, "You misrepresented in court that Noor called you. Shaukat Muqaddam refused to do so."
Shaukat Muqaddam said he did not remember the name of the police officer who had called him.
"I have received terrible news that I do not remember the name," he said.
He added that he did not even remember the name of the officer he met at the police station and left without registering a case.
Shaukat Muqaddam said that he saw CCTV footage on the night of July 20 and morning of July 21. He did not know any other accused except the Jaffar family and his identity was not paraded.
Meanwhile, Zahir's lawyer Sikandar Zulqarnain's junior lawyer, while presenting a medical report in the court, said that 'Sikandar Zulqarnain is suffering from corona virus'.
The court adjourned the hearing till January 17, ordering cross-examination at the next hearing.
Noor, 27, was killed on July 20, 2021 at a house in the capital's Posh area, Sector F-7/4. ۔
The case was registered under Section 302 (Planned Murder) of the Pakistan Penal Code on the complaint of the victim's father.
The court had on October 14 indicted 11 other people named in the case, including Zahir.
The accused include Zahir Jaffer's parents, his three employees Iftikhar (janitor), Jan Muhammad (gardener) and Jamil (butler), Tahir Zahoor, CEO of Therapy Works and employees Amjad, Dilip Kumar, Abdul Haq, Wameq and Samar Abbas. ۔
The formal trial of the murder began on October 20.
