Pakistan Appeals Supreme Court Acquittal In Daniel Pearl Murder Case
On Friday, Pakistan's Sindh provincial government submitted a petition to the country's Supreme Court to review its decision to acquit and free the men convicted of kidnapping and beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl, as reported by
Al Jazeera. British national Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three accomplices were acquitted on Thursday, more than 18 years after they were found guilty in 2002 of murdering the
Wall Street Journal reporter. Thursday's decision sparked outrage in the United States and caused heightened tension between the courts and Sindh government, which had kept the four men imprisoned through emergency powers.