Federal govt to join review proceedings of SC acquittals in Pearl murder case
Daniel Pearl, 38, was abducted in Karachi in January 2002 while doing a research on religious extremism. Dawn archives
The federal government intends to formally join the review proceedings initiated by the Sindh government against the Supreme Court s acquittal of the accused in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
A spokesman of the Attorney General of Pakistan on Saturday announced that the federal government will also be filing an appropriate application before the Supreme Court to be allowed to join as a party in the proceedings and further seek review and recall of the apex court s Jan 28 judgement.
Ag AFPISLAMABAD: Lawyers have filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born man convicted of masterminding the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, a government prosecutor.
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A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam, and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi, heard the criminal petition, filed by the Sindh government as well as parents of Daniel Pearl for leave to appeal under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the impugned judgment, passed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on April, 2.
“An appeal of the Sindh government and the criminal petition of Daniel Pearl’s parents are dismissed and the appeal of respondent, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, is accepted and respondents be released forthwith if not required in any other case,” the court announced in its short order.
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Pakistan’s top court yesterday dismissed an appeal against a lower court’s decision to clear Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others over the killing, after nearly two decades in jail. AFP pic
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ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 Lawyers have filed a last-ditch attempt to overturn the acquittal of a British-born militant convicted of masterminding the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, a government prosecutor said today.
Pakistan’s top court yesterday dismissed an appeal against a lower court’s decision to clear Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others over the killing, after nearly two decades in jail.
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ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday acquitted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the 2002 beheading of US journalist Daniel Pearl case, and directed the authorities concerned to release him forthwith if not required in any other case.
A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam, and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi, heard the criminal petition, filed by the Sindh government as well as parents of Daniel pearl for leave to appeal under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the impugned judgment, passed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on April, 2. “An appeal of the Sindh government and the criminal petition of Daniel Pearl’s parents are dismissed and the appeal of respondent, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, is accepted and respondents be released forthwith if not required in any other case,” the court announced in its short order.