Tag: Mayra Zulfiqar
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British-Pakistani Mayra Zulfiqar’s murderer gets arrested
Zahir Jadoon, a resident of Lahore, had confessed to murdering a British-Pakistani woman Mayra Zulfiqar on May 3. Police in Lahore has formally arrested Zahir Jadoon in relation to the murder of Mayra, a law graduate from London. Zahir Jadoon and Saad Butt were two of the four accused named in the murder in the…
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‘I still can’t believe my sister is gone,’ says Mayra’s brother
In a recent interview given to BBC, the family of Mayra Zulfiqar, a young woman from London, murdered in Pakistan, appeals for justice. “I still can’t believe that my sister is gone. It seems like a nightmare, that I am going to wake up and hug her,” says Moiz Muhammad, brother of Mayra. “Everyday I…
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Suspect says ‘was sleeping’ when Mayra was shot dead
The main suspect in the murder of a Pakistan-origin British woman in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) neighbourhood earlier this month, appeared before the police on Monday to record his statement. In his statement, Saad Ameer Butt, one of the two suspects, said he was sleeping at his house the night Mayra Zulfiqar was shot…
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‘You won’t be able to escape, I will kill you’ says Mayra’s alleged killer
A 24-year-old girl, Mayra Zulfiqar, was found dead in Lahore on Monday. She had recently been threatened by two men who both wanted to marry her. Prior to her brutal murder, she had asked police for protection after accusing a man of abducting her at gunpoint. In Pakistan, the chief investigating officer in the murder…