Daniel Pearl, 38, was abducted in Karachi in January 2002 while doing a research on religious extremism. Dawn archives
KARACHI: The Supreme Court is conducting day-to-day hearings on an appeal filed by the Sindh government challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court on the appeals of four men in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case.
Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin submitted this before a two-judge SHC bench during the hearing of an application moved by the four men seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial authorities for keeping them in detention despite their acquittal in the case.
Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their lawyers had moved the SHC last month seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities for not setting them free despite court orders.
KARACHI: The Supreme Court is conducting day-to-day hearings on an appeal filed by the Sindh government challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court on the appeals of four men in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case.
Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin submitted this before a two-judge SHC bench during the hearing of an application moved by the four men seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial authorities for keeping them in detention despite their acquittal in the case.
Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their lawyers had moved the SHC last month seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities for not setting them free despite court orders.
Lawyer for accused says FIR was lodged after a delay of 12 days
Slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
A lawyer for the accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case told the Supreme Court that the case did not fall in the category of terrorism as per the apex court orders, as the hearing of the appeals against a high court ruling in the case continued on Thursday.
A three-member larger bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and including Justice Yahya Khan Afridi and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, sought arguments on terrorism charges before adjourning the case until Wednesday.