ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court Thursday acquitted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the 2002 beheading of US journalist Daniel Pearl case, and directed the authorities concerned.
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.
Pakistan lawyers seek review of acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder
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Islamabad (Pakistan) (AFP)
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 Friday.
Pakistan s top court on Thursday 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.
The decision has outraged the United States and extends a legal tug of war between the Sindh provincial government who kept the group behind bars using emergency powers and the courts.
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ISLAMABAD: By a majority of two to one, the Supreme Court acquitted on Thursday Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, the principal accused in murder of Wall Street Journal’s bureau chief for South Asia Daniel Pearl, by extending the benefit of the doubt to him.
Headed by Justice Mushir Alam, a three-judge Supreme Court bench also comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi ordered that Mr Sheikh, Fahad Naseem Ahmed, Syed Salman Saqib and Shaikh Muhammad Adil be set free forthwith, if not required to be detained in connection with any other case. The detailed reasons for the judgement will come later.
Review Petition Filed In Pakistan Against Acquittal Of Prime Accused In Daniel Pearl Murder
The Sindh government and family of Pearl filed petitions in the apex court, challenging the high court verdict. File Photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-29T19:50:34+05:30 Review Petition Filed In Pakistan Against Acquittal Of Prime Accused In Daniel Pearl Murder outlookindia.com 2021-01-29T20:00:39+05:30
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A review petition is filed in the supreme court in Pakistan by authorities against the aquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three associates in the 2002 abducton and murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The petiton was filed came hours after US expressed outrage over the court decision terming it as an affront to victims of terrorism.