A team from the United States embassy in Islamabad met Zahir Jaffer in Adiala Jail on Thursday.

The three-member team included Michael Murphy, Naveed Ghazi and Usama Hanif.

They were given consular access to Jaffer, who is a US national. The meeting took place in the room of the jail’s deputy superintendent.

Jaffer had allegedly murdered Noor Mukadam in a house inIslamabad in 2021. He was sentenced by an Islamabad trial court to 10 years in prison a year later.

During the course of the trial, Jaffer’s lawyer had claimed that the accused had a chronic mental illness.

The family had also sought relief on the basis of his US citizenship. A team from the US embassy had met him in jail in 2023 as well.