Former Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Mukadam’s daughter murdered in Islamabad
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By PTI
ISLAMABAD: A former Pakistani diplomat’s daughter has been murdered here, according to a media report on Wednesday, just days after a major diplomatic row broke out between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the alleged abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Islamabad.
27-year-old Noor Mukadam, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found dead in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 area on Tuesday, Dawn newspaper reported. Mukadam has in the past served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.
Noor was killed after being shot at, the daily quoted the police as saying. A friend of Noor has been arrested in connection to the murder, police said. “A man named Zahir Jaffer, who was allegedly involved in the murder, was arrested on the spot and taken to the police station,” Samaa TV quoted the Islamabad police as saying.
The killing comes as a storm brews over the safety of diplomatic missions and its personnel in Pakistan.
On July 16, Silsila Alikhil, the 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil, was briefly abducted from Islamabad and tortured, the Afghanistan Foreign office said in a statement last week.
The incident triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighbouring nations, which are coping with the resurgence of the Taliban as the US and NATO reach the final phase of their troop pull-out operation.
Pakistan has stoutly denied the allegations made by Afghanistan, saying the police in Islamabad have found no supporting evidence of the alleged abduction.
Daughter of former Pakistan envoy to South Korea killed in Islamabad
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Islamabad [Pakistan], July 21 (ANI): The 27-year-old daughter of former Pakistani diplomat to South Korea was found shot dead in Islamabad on Tuesday night, Samaa TV reported citing a police statement.
According to police, the victim identified as Noor Mukadam, the daughter of Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Ali Mukadam was found dead in a house in F-7/4 in Islamabad.
“She was first shot and then slaughtered,” the investigating officer said. Another person was injured in the attack as well, Samaa TV reported.
“A man named Zahir Jaffer, who was allegedly involved in the murder, was arrested on the spot and taken to the police station,” Islamabad police tweeted.
A case has been registered and police have launched an investigation.
Shaukat Mukadam, has served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.
Zahid Hafeez Chaudhri, the spokesman for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed his condolences to Mukadam on Twitter.
“Deeply saddened by the murder of the daughter of a senior colleague and former Ambassador of Pakistan. Heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family, and I hope the perpetrator of this heinous crime will be brought to justice,” Chaudhri tweeted with the hashtag #JusticeForNoor
This case comes after Silsila Alikhil, the daughter of Najib Alikhil, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan, was on Friday “abducted for several hours and severely tortured by unknown individuals on her way home.”
Meanwhile, Pakistan Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed has accused Afghanistan and India of “distorting” the facts related to Alikhil’s kidnapping, Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Addressing a press conference in Rawalpindi, the minister said the incident was not a kidnapping and is part of a series of attempts to defame and destabilise Pakistan. (ANI)
Former Pakistani diplomat’s daughter Noor Mukadam murdered in Islamabad
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Follow us on Image Source : FACEBOOK Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of former Pakistani diplomat Shaukat Mukadam, was found dead in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 area on Tuesday.
A former Pakistani diplomat’s daughter has been murdered, according to a media report on Wednesday, just days after a major diplomatic row broke out between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the alleged abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan’s Ambassador in Islamabad.
Noor Mukadam, 27, daughter of Shaukat Mukadam, was found dead in the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 area on Tuesday, Dawn newspaper reported. Mukadam has in the past served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.
Noor was killed after being shot at, the daily quoted the police as saying. A friend of Noor has been arrested in connection to the murder, police said.
“A man named Zahir Jaffer, who was allegedly involved in the murder, was arrested on the spot and taken to the police station,” Samaa TV quoted the Islamabad police as saying.
The killing comes as a storm brews over the safety of diplomatic missions and their personnel in Pakistan.
On July 16, Silsila Alikhil, the 26-year-old daughter of Afghanistan’s ambassador to Pakistan Najibullah Alikhil, was briefly abducted from Islamabad and tortured, the Afghanistan Foreign office said in a statement last week.
The incident triggered a major diplomatic row between the two neighboring nations, which are coping with the resurgence of the Taliban as the US and NATO reach the final phase of their troop pull-out operation.
Pakistan has stoutly denied the allegations made by Afghanistan, saying the police in Islamabad have found no supporting evidence of the alleged abduction.
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