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Pakistan govt to join review proceedings of Supreme Court s acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder case
The Sindh government on Friday filed a review petition in the apex court against the acquittal of Sheikh and his three accomplices.
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ISLAMABAD:
Amid mounting pressure from the US and the UN, the Pakistan government has said it would formally join the review proceedings initiated by the Sindh administration against the Supreme Court s acquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides in the brutal murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.
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.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.
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