British-Pakistani woman found dead in Lahore s DHA under mysterious circumstances
Pakistan
Tue, May 04, 2021
LAHORE: A case has been registered against four persons in the murder case of a Pakistani girl of British origin in Phase 5, DHA, Lahore.
Mahira Zulfiqar, 25, was found dead on her bed when a domestic worker entered her room for cleaning a day earlier.
The police had said she was living with a friend in Lahore and had come to Pakistan two months back from the UK. The victim s family is believed to be living in London.
The complainant told the police that Zulfiqar was killed by her friends Zahir Jadoon and Saad Amir Butt. The two accused reportedly wanted to marry Zulfiqar.
25-year-old British-Pakistani woman murdered at friend s house in Lahore
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Lahore police launch investigation, register case against four persons.
Woman s body was found by her domestic worker when she entered the room to clean it, police says.
LAHORE: A 25-year-old British-Pakistani woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances at her friend s house in Lahore s DHA Phase 5, the police confirmed Tuesday.
Mahira Zulfiqar had come to Pakistan from the UK two months ago and was staying at the upper portion of a bungalow in Lahore DHA with her friend.
The police said a domestic worker found Mahira s body around 12 in the afternoon when she went to clean Mahira s room. According to the police, the victim was strangled and shot.
A murdered British law graduate decided to remain in Pakistan because she did not want to pay to £1,750 to quarantine if she returned to the UK - and had complained of unwanted advances from a local gangster, a family source has told MailOnline.
Mayra Zulfiqar, 26, from Feltham in south west London, was found dead at a property in the up-market Defence district of Lahore in the early hours of Monday morning after four attackers reportedly barged into a bedroom in the home of friend, where she was staying the night.
Mayra travelled to Pakistan two months ago with her mother Tabasaam to attend a cousin s wedding but decided to stay in the country after it was placed on the coronavirus red list.