Her uncle filed the FIR, stating that she had visited him a few days before this and had told him that two of her friends were threatening and harassing her. The police have registered a case against four individuals, who include two of her friends Zahir Jadoon and Saad Amir Butt. The two friends allegedly wished to marry Zulfiqar.
Mahira Zulfiqar had moved to Pakistan a year ago after attending a friend's wedding.
Authorities have stated that Mahira Zulfiqar was strangled and shot – her body having been found around midday by a domestic worker employed to clean the house.