Pakistan, July 23 -- ISLAMABAD - Zahir Jaffer, the main convict in the Noor Mukadam murder case, has filed a review petition in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. His legal team, led by senior lawyer Khawaja Haris, has requested the court to reconsider the death sentence handed down to him. The petition highlights several concerns about how the trial was conducted and the evidence presented in court.

According to the plea, Jaffer's lawyers argue that the court failed to evaluate his mental condition at the time of the murder. They had earlier requested the formation of a medical board to assess his mental health, but the Supreme Court did not act on the request. This, they claim, was a major gap in the legal process that could have changed t...