'Hair-raising details shared in court'
In the days after her death, many demanded justice for Noor. Her family were present in the packed courtroom in Islamabad and were visibly emotional when the judge read out the verdict.
Jaffer held Noor Muqaddam hostage for two days at his family home in a posh district of the capital after she refused to marry him.
At one of the hearings, while being led out of the courtroom with around a dozen policemen, Jaffer told journalists: "I was angry, I killed Noor with a knife."
The hair-raising details shared in the court shocked Pakistan. Women's rights activists took to the streets and there were candlelit vigils.
Many women came forward and shared their own stories of domestic violence and sexual abuse.
Two of Jaffer's household employees were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for abetting the murder, while his parents were acquitted of trying to cover it up.
Her father, Shaukat Muqaddam, called the verdict a victory for justice and said he wanted to ensure abusers and killers of women in Pakistan no longer got away with their crimes.
"I am happy that justice has been served," he said.
"I've been saying that this is not just my daughter's case, it is a case for all the daughters of my country."
He pledged to challenge the acquittal of Jaffer's parents.
Jaffer, a 30-year-old US national of Pakistani origin, can also appeal against the verdict.
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