The family of Noor Mukaddam — and indeed the women of Pakistan — can finally exhale after the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Zahir Jaffer for her brutal murder. The case, which shocked the nation in 2021, became a test of whether justice could prevail in the face of wealth, influence, and privilege. With Zahir’s powerful family connections, many feared the outcome would follow the all-too-familiar pattern in Pakistan: impunity for the elite. But after a long and painful legal process, justice has now been........

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