US outraged with Pakistan Supreme Court s decision to acquit killer of Daniel Pearl ANI | Updated: Jan 29, 2021 02:58 IST
Washington DC [US], January 29 (ANI): The United States is outraged with the Pakistan Supreme Court s decision to acquit Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl s killer Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said on Thursday. The United States is outraged by the Pakistani Supreme Court s decision to affirm the acquittals of those responsible for Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl s kidnapping and brutal murder, which shocked the world s conscience in 2002, Psaki told reporters.
She said that this decision to exonerate and release, Sheikh and the other suspects and enough is an affront to terrorism victims everywhere, including in Pakistan.
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Daniel 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. (File photo)
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said the case truly demonstrates Pakistan s intent on tackling terrorism.
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