SHC orders release of accused in Daniel Pearl killing
Declares detention of four accused illegal, orders placing names on ECL
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday set aside the detention of four men – including Omer Saeed Sheikh – who were convicted by an anti-terrorism court in 2002 for the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. Later three of them were acquitted, while the one got his sentence commuted.
Declaring the detention of the accused illegal, the court ordered immediate release of Omer Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil. The court further ordered that their names be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).