An Islamabad court on Tuesday announced the verdict in the Sana Yousaf murder case, sentencing Umar Hayat, to death.
On Monday, Hayat refused to accept his confessional statement given before the magistrate, saying that he did not even know what a confessional statement is.
During the hearing of the murder case, Hayat had alleged that the police had falsely implicated under pressure of Sana’s TikTok followers. Further, he claimed that the police had produced no solid proof and had accused him based on fake documents, false cases and forced testimonies.
While recording his statment, Hayat said that the police had taken him to the police station forcibly and tortured him to sign a blank seven page document. He also claimed that he had never even visited Sector G-13 on the day that Sana was murdered.
Sana, a 17-year-old TikToker, was shot and killed in Islamabad’s G-13 Sector in June, 2025. She was shot at close range inside her home.