Karachi: Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, was acquitted by a panel of three judges.
“By a majority of two to one, they have acquitted all the accused persons and ordered their release,” a provincial advocate general, Salman Talibuddin, told Reuters. This undated handout file photo released from the Wall Street Journal shows Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who disappeared in the Pakistani port city of Karachi January 23, 2002 after telling his wife he was going to interview an Islamic group leader.
Brit terrorist convicted in grisly beheading of journalist freed from prison
Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was sentenced to death for the murder and abduction of reporter Daniel Pearl, has been released from prison despite admitting a minor role in the killing
13:04, 28 JAN 2021
Omar Sheikh coming out of a court in 2002 (Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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Pak SC Orders Omar Sheikh s Release In Pearl Murder Case; MEA Lambasts Travesty Of Justice
In a big development on Thursday, Pakistan s Supreme Court ordered the release of terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh- the key accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
In a shocking development on Thursday, Pakistan s Supreme Court ordered the release of terrorist Omar Saeed Sheikh- the main accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case. In 2002, Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia Bureau of
The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped in Karachi and beheaded while he was pursuing a story on the links between ISI and Al-Qaeda. In custody since February 2002, Sheikh s death sentence was commuted to 7 years by the Sindh High Court on April 2, 2020, while three other accused serving life terms were acquitted.
Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl to go free, victim s family in shock 28 January 2021 - 14:13 By Reuters A portrait of the Wall Street Journal s reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle at the altar at Fleet Street s journalists chapel St Brides Church prior to a memorial service in London March 5, 2002. Pearl was murdered after being captured in Pakistan and held hostage as his captors attempted to bargain the release of prisoners held by the US in Cuba. Image: REUTERS/Ian Waldie IW/NMB/File Photo
Pakistan s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading US journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in “complete shock”, lawyers said.
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