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ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to the accused in an honour killing case involving a young woman from Rawalpindi, who was murdered after a jirga rejected her choice of marriage.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi, and comprising Justice Muhammad Shafi Siddiqui and Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb, issued notices on an appeal filed by the Punjab Prosecution Department against the Lahore High Court (LHC) Rawalpindi Bench’s order granting bail to members of a jirga, including Zafarullah and Rafaqat Mehmood, on February 9, 2026.
Zafarullah, the brother of the deceased woman Sidra, had sought post-arrest bail from the high court, which was granted on the grounds that other co-accused — Muhammad Saif-ur-Rehman Khan and Rashid Mehmood — had also been granted bail by the high court on October 30, 2025.
An additional sessions judge in Rawalpindi had earlier granted bail to another accused, Sikandar, on December 10, 2025. The offence was committed in July 2025 in Fouji Colony, Pirwadhai, Rawalpindi.
