October 07, 2026
By Hashir Ahsan
ISLAMABAD
A senior Civil Judge and Judicial Magistrate (Criminal) Mubashir Hassan of the District and Sessions’ Courts Islamabad has issued a detailed judgment in the shocking case of subjecting a 20-year-old girl to repeated torture under the guise of spiritual healing and exorcisms, rupturing her eardrum and rendering her hearing impaired.
Upon proof of guilt, based on testimonies and medical reports, the court sentenced the convict, Nazeer Khan, to a total of three years of rigorous imprisonment and ordered him to pay a heavy sum exceeding 9,676,195 rupees as Arsh to the woman, in a lump sum.
In its detailed judgment delivered in Case FIR No. 874/24 registered at Police Station Koral under Section 336 of the Pakistan Penal Code, the court held that the prosecution had fully proved its case against the accused beyond any ambiguity or doubt with the aid of eyewitnesses, medical evidence, and the police investigation report. At the time the verdict was announced, police immediately took the accused, Nazeer Khan, son of Amir Saeed Khan—who was present in court on bail—into custody, canceled his bail bonds, and transferred him to prison under arrest warrants issued by the court to serve his prison sentence.
Background
According to judicial documents and the FIR registered by the prosecution, the complainant, Saeedullah Jan, son of Khoob Janan Khan, resident of Golra Sharif Islamabad, submitted a written application to the police stating that his niece, Zubaida Bibi, was in ill health and suffering from ‘spiritual issues’. A woman named Ishrat living in the complainant’s neighborhood advised him that her father, Nazeer Khan, residing in the Koral area of Islamabad, was an expert in spiritual healing and incantations and could treat his niece to provide her with complete recovery.
Trusting this advice, the complainant took his sick niece, Zubaida Bibi, to the accused, Nazeer Khan on October 2, 2024.
After examining the girl, the accused Nazeer Khan claimed that she was under the shadow of ‘demonic possession and evil spirits’ which he would cast out immediately. Under this pretext, he began mercilessly and repeatedly slapping Zubaida Bibi on her face and ear.
Complainant Saeedullah Jan immediately intervened against this brutal assault by the accused and repeatedly attempted to stop him from beating her, but the accused paid no heed to him and continued slapping her continuously. As a result of this, Zubaida Bibi’s left eardrum ruptured and bled, permanently destroying the function and hearing capability of her affected ear.
According to the detailed review of the judicial decision and proceedings, immediately after the incident, the girl was shifted in severe pain to PIMS (Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences) Hospital Islamabad, where Lady Medico-Legal Officer (MLO) Dr. Amna Awan and experts from the Department of Ear, Nose, and Throat (ENT) conducted her detailed examination.
According to the medical report, a severe perforation was found in the girl’s left eardrum, which under the law was classified as “Itlaf-i-Salahiyyat-i-Uzw” (loss of capacity of an organ), and it was concluded that this injury was caused solely by repeated severe impacts from a hard, blunt object or slapping.
During the proceedings, the accused took the stance that the complainant wanted to extort money from him and that the MLC report had been manipulated; however, the defense party completely failed to present even a single piece of evidence or witness before the court in support of its claim, nor did the accused take the risk of making a statement on oath himself.
The court, in its voluminous 15-page judgment, recorded that since enforcing Qisas in a case of this nature is technically and religiously not possible under Islamic law and the Pakistan Penal Code, keeping equality and the dictates of Islam in view, the accused is sentenced to Arsh and discretionary imprisonment (Ta’zir).
Under Sections 336 and 337-R of the Pakistan Penal Code, the accused, Nazeer Khan, was directed to pay exact half of the total Diyat amount determined by the Federal Government for the financial year 2026-27 — which amounts to 9,676,195 rupees as Arsh to Zubaida Bibi. The court clarified that under Section 337-X, this entire sum shall be paid to the victim in a lump sum, and until the accused pays every single penny of this amount, he shall remain continuously in prison.
Furthermore, the court sentenced the accused to three years of rigorous imprisonment and directed that the benefit of Section 382-B of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) be extended to him by deducting the period of his previous detention from the sentence.
The decision has set a precedent against fraudulent individuals who pose as faith healers who end up damaging their victims lives permanently.