Overview

• Judge Muhammad Afzal Majoka framed charges including murder under Section 302 and alleged theft of the victim’s mobile phone.
• The 22-year-old defendant pleaded not guilty and told the court all accusations, including phone snatching, are false.
• Police say the 17-year-old was shot at close range inside her home in Islamabad’s G-13/1 on June 2, and the suspect was arrested the next day in Faisalabad.
• Investigators have reported a prior confession and allege the suspect took the phone to erase messages, claims the defense disputes in court.
• Authorities allege the shooting followed repeated rejection of the suspect’s advances, and the case has intensified scrutiny of violence against women and online victim-blaming in Pakistan.