An area court docket within the federal capital handed down a loss of life sentence to the principle accused, Umar Hayat, within the social media influencer Sana Yousaf’s homicide case.
Further Periods Decide Afzal Majoka introduced the reserved judgment, additionally imposing a wonderful of Rs2 million on the convict, based on the ruling.
In a two-page brief order, Decide Majoka additionally imposed fines on Hayat beneath a number of expenses.
Based on the decision, the convict was handed 10 years imprisonment and a Rs200,000 wonderful beneath Part 392.
The court docket additional sentenced the convict to 10 years imprisonment and a Rs200,000 wonderful beneath Part 499, whereas one other one-year imprisonment and Rs100,000 wonderful had been imposed beneath Part 411.
Total, the court docket awarded Hayat a cumulative 21-year jail time period alongside fines amounting to Rs2.5 million.
Yousaf had greater than 800,000 followers on TikTok, a wildly in style platform in Pakistan, the place she posted lip-sync movies, skincare ideas, and promotional content material for magnificence merchandise.
Sana, who turned 17 per week earlier than her loss of life and had greater than 1,000,000 followers throughout her social media accounts, was killed at her dwelling in Islamabad on June 2, 2025.
Within the earlier listening to held on Monday, accused Hayat retracted his earlier confession, terming the case a “blind homicide” and denying all allegations.
He instructed the court docket that he had no reference to the incident and claimed he was in Faisalabad on the time of the homicide.
The accused additionally alleged flaws within the investigation, stating that CCTV footage and witnesses weren’t correctly introduced earlier than the court docket.
He additional claimed that his confession was obtained beneath stress and that he was not offered correct authorized illustration throughout components of the investigation.
Hayat additionally challenged the identification parade, calling it unfair and inconsistent, and alleged that he was falsely implicated on account of social media stress.
The accused maintained that he by no means confessed to the homicide and stated all of the proof towards him was fabricated.
‘Justice delivered’
Talking to journalists after the court docket listening to, father of the sufferer, Yousaf, praised the judgment, saying that the judiciary has delivered the sentence in keeping with justice.
“We had been ready for at the present time for 11 months. The day has lastly arrived,” he stated, thanking the legal professionals and media for his or her help.
“This choice is not only for us, however for your complete society. This can be a lesson that if somebody commits [such a heinous act], this can be their ending,” he stated.
In the meantime, the sufferer’s mom additionally praised the legal professionals for presenting “a powerful case”, saying that she was “pleased to get justice from a Pakistani court docket”.
Name information, screenshots submitted
Throughout at this time’s listening to on the district court docket, prosecutor Naveed Kiayani concluded his ultimate arguments and detailed the proof introduced in the course of the trial.
He stated the prosecution had produced 27 witnesses earlier than the court docket and submitted medical and different documentary proof on file.
The prosecutor acknowledged that the accused was arrested the day after the incident and later subjected to identification proceedings.
He added that docs from PIMS additionally testified, with medical studies confirming extreme accidents and indicating that the firing was carried out with the intent to kill.
Based on the prosecution, the sufferer suffered deadly accidents to the guts and lungs on account of gunfire.
He additional instructed the court docket that the investigation officer recovered the sufferer’s cell phone, which helped hint the accused’s quantity, whereas the daddy of the deceased recognized the telephone from the case property.
The prosecution additionally acknowledged that decision information and chat screenshots linked the accused to the case, and the decide directed that the recovered cell phone be produced in court docket.
It was additional submitted that the accused tried to get rid of proof and was traced by way of digital and investigative leads.
The prosecutor additionally learn out the assertion of the sufferer’s mom, Farzana Yousaf, stating she remained at dwelling on the time of the incident and later witnessed developments following the crime.
Eyewitnesses, he added, confirmed key particulars together with identification of the accused and descriptions of the weapon and clothes.
The court docket was knowledgeable that the autopsy examination started late at evening and supported the prosecution’s model of occasions.
The defence counsel reiterated arguments searching for capital punishment, whereas earlier proceedings included requests for strict punishment by the complainant’s lawyer.
The court docket additionally heard that identification witnesses had not seen any prior photos of the accused earlier than the identification course of.
The decide was knowledgeable that the prosecution had accomplished its arguments, after which the decision was reserved.
