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Lahore, May 25
The prime suspect in the murder case of a 25-year-old British-Pakistani girl has been arrested by Lahore police, officials said.
The victim, identified as Mahira Zulfiqar, was found dead in her rented house in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore on May 3.
Police had registered a murder case against two suspects, Zahir Jadoon and Saad Ameer Butt, on complaint of victim’s uncle Muhammad Nazeer.
“The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of Punjab Police has arrested Zahir Jadoon, a prime suspect in the murder of Mahira. In police custody, he has confessed to killing her,” a senior police officer told PTI on Tuesday.
A Lahore man has confessed to murdering a British-Pakistani woman on May 3, the police said Monday. Zahid Jadoon, who has secured interim bail in the case, was taken into police custody earlier and asked about his friendship with the woman. The police claimed that he admitted to murdering Mayra Zulfiqar at her house in Lahore s DHA. It is also being reported that the police have approached the investigation team which probed the Lahore motorway rape case for their help in the case. The woman was found dead in a house in Lahore’s DHA Phase V on May 3. According to the investigating officer, the victim was a British national and had come to Pakistan two months ba.
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A man has reportedly confessed to the murder of Mayra Zulfiqar, the 24-year-old Feltham student killed in Pakistan last month. Pakistani media outlet
Lahore British-Pakistani woman shot twice, strangled: medical report
She was found dead on May 3 SAMAA | Jahangir Akram Khan - Posted: May 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago SAMAA | Jahangir Akram Khan Posted: May 19, 2021 | Last Updated: 8 hours ago
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Mayra Zulfiqar, a 26-year-old British Pakistani who was murdered in Lahore earlier this month, was strangled and shot twice in the face and neck, her post-mortem report revealed on Wednesday.
According to the police, there were torture marks on Zulfiqar s neck and hands. There was swelling on her scalp and multiple strands of hair were found on her clothes, a police officer said.
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Lahore, May 19
Two youths, including a female, were arrested here on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in the murder of a 25-year-old British-Belgian woman of Pakistani origin, police said.
The victim, identified as Mahira Zulfiqar, was found dead in her rented house in Defence Housing Authority (DHA) Lahore on May 3. Mahria s friends Saad Ameer Butt and Iqra Hamdani were arrested following the cancellation of their protective bail on Wednesday, a senior CIA officer of the Punjab Police told PTI.
The two were arrested by the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) of the Punjab Police.
Mahira, a British-Belgian dual national, had arrived here from Belgium some three months ago and was sharing her rented house with her female friend Iqra.