Former Pakistan envoy’s daughter murdered in Islamabad, 1 arrested

A former Pakistani diplomat’s daughter has been murdered right here, based on a media report on Wednesday, simply days after a significant 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 discovered lifeless within the capital’s upscale Sector F-7/4 space on Tuesday, Dawn newspaper reported. Mukadam has prior to now served as Pakistan’s ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.Noor was killed after being shot at, the every day quoted the police as saying.A good friend of Noor has been arrested in connection to the homicide, police mentioned.“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.ALSO READ: Afghanistan withdraws diplomats from Islamabad; Pakistan guarantees to probe abduction of envoy’s daughterThe killing comes as a storm brews over the security 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 kidnapped from Islamabad and tortured, the Afghanistan Foreign workplace mentioned in an announcement final week.The incident triggered a significant diplomatic row between the 2 neighbouring nations, that are dealing with the resurgence of the Taliban because the US and NATO attain the ultimate part of their troop pull-out operation.Pakistan has stoutly denied the allegations made by Afghanistan, saying the police in Islamabad have discovered no supporting proof of the alleged abduction.ALSO READ: Recall of Afghan ambassador, senior diplomats ‘unlucky, regrettable’, says Pakistan