LAHORE: A judicial magistrate on Thursday sent two suspects in the murder case of a British-Belgian woman of Pakistani origin to jail on judicial remand for their identification parade.

The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) produced the suspects – Zahir Jadoon and Muhammad Waseem – before the magistrate. The investigating officer requested the magistrate to shift the suspects to jail on judicial remand for their identification.

The magistrate allowed the request and directed the IO to conclude the identification parade as early as possible.

Mahira Zulfiqar, 25, was found shot dead at her rented house in Defence on May 3. She had arrived from the UK, where her family is settled, some two months back and shared the upper portion of the rented house with a friend.

The police had nominated Jadoon, Saad Ameer Butt and Waseem, friends of Mahira, in the first information report. Butt had surrendered himself to the police and joined the investigation.

SHAHBAZ GILL: A sessions court on Thursday allowed Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Shahbaz Gill permanent exemption from personal appearance to in a defamation complaint against him filed by a Turkish company.

The court allowed an application of Mr Gill and approved appointment of a lawyer for him to attend future hearings of the complaint. The court adjourned further hearing till June 17.

M/s Platform Turizm Tasimacilik, a subsidiary of Al-Bayrak Group of companies, had sought action against the SAPM under sections of Pakistan Penal Code for leveling false allegations against it.

Later, the Islampura police had registered the case on a complaint of Gill against the officials of the Turkish company pursuing the defamation proceedings against him.

Tahir Mobeen and two Turkish citizens – Cemil Senocak and Yemen Yemenoglu – were granted bail in the case.

The FIR carried charges under sections of the PPC.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2021