ISLAMABAD: The Attorney General for Pakistan said on Saturday the federal government would file an application in the Supreme Court of Pakistan for constitution of a larger bench to hear the review.
United Nations: Expressing concern over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, a senior UN official representing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is important that there is accountability for such crimes.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, had visited Pakistan to report on Islamist militant networks in the country and on the links between the country’s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda following the September 11, 2001 terror strikes. He was kidnapped in Karachi, the capital of Sindh, and beheaded days later.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court Thursday dismissed appeals against the acquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Sheikh in the kidnapping and murder case of Pearl and ordered his release, a judgement denounced by the American journalist’s family as “a complete travesty of justice.”
Centre joins Sindh govt’s legal battle to punish Pearl’s murder accused
Slain journalist’s family also expresses intention to file a review petition against the ‘illegal and unjust’ decision
A portrait of the Wall Street Journal s reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle in London March 5, 2002. PHOTO: REUTERS/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
After a strong reaction by the United States to the apex court’s Thursday decision to acquit all those accused of kidnapping and killing Wall Street Journal’s former bureau chief Daniel Pearl, the state functionaries have intensified their efforts in a “damage control” move.
Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) Khalid Javed Khan on Saturday issued a statement – the second since Thursday –stating that the federal government has decided to formally join review proceedings initiated by the Sindh government against the Supreme Court’s January 28 verdict.
United Nations, January 30
Expressing concern over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, a senior UN official representing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres h
Expressing concern over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, a senior UN official representing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said it is important that there is accountability for such crimes.