Islamabad: Former Afghan ambassador's daughter abducted, former Pak diplomat's daughter killed

- Questions are being raised about the security of the diplomatic mission and its staff in Pakistan after the assassination of Noor Mukadam

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The daughter of a former Pakistani diplomat has been killed in Islamabad following the alleged abduction of the daughter of Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan. It is learned that Shaukat Mukadam's daughter Noor Mukadam (27 years old) has been killed. His body was found on Tuesday in the Sector F-7/4 area of ​​Islamabad. Shaukat Mukadam has been Pakistan's ambassador to South Korea and Kazakhstan.

A few days earlier, a major diplomatic row erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the alleged abduction of the daughter of the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad.

Noor was reportedly shot dead. A friend of Noor's has been arrested in the case. The arrested friend's name is Zaheer Zafar. Questions are being raised about the security of the diplomatic mission and its personnel in Pakistan following the assassination of Noor Mukadam.

Controversy over abduction of Afghan ambassador's daughter Controversy over abduction of Afghan ambassador's daughter

Amid the ongoing war with the Taliban in Afghanistan, the abduction of the 26-year-old daughter of Najibullah Alikhil, Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan, came to the fore. The Afghan Foreign Office said the ambassador's daughter had been briefly abducted and tortured in Islamabad. It sparked a diplomatic row between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Pakistan has denied the allegations made by Afghanistan, saying Islamabad police have found no evidence of the alleged abduction.