Counsel reads out Zahir Jaffar's statement during hearing of parents' bail plea

ISLAMABAD (92 News) – The counsel for Zahir Jaffar, the main accused in the Noor Muqadam murder case, read out his statement during the hearing of the bail plea of his parents in the Islamabad High Court.

According to the statement, Zahir Jaffar had informed his father on phone that he was getting rid of Noor Muqadam by killing her. However, this sentence is not included in the preliminary statement of Zahir Jaffar.

Khawaja Haris stated that abetment in the crime was also done under the planning. "The abetment is not a crime even though the murder could have been averted if the accused's father knew about it," he pleaded.

He said that the trial should be televised like America.

Justice Aamer Farooq observed that rules yet have to be formed with regard to televise in Pakistan. "Anti-terrorism sections are applied in a murder case committed one and a half years ago," he ruled.