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Pakistan Lawyer Says Pearl Murder Key Accused Claims Himself scapegoat Arrested Under US Pressure
A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has produced a handwritten letter in Pakistan s Supreme Court in which the key accused in the case claimed that he was a scapegoat arrested under US pressure and the real mastermind was a Karachi-based terrorist.
A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has produced a handwritten letter in Pakistan s Supreme Court in which the key accused in the case claimed that he was a scapegoat arrested under US pressure and the real mastermind was a Karachi-based terrorist.
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Supreme Court to decide on letter from Pearl case accused
Ahmad Omar Sheikh claims he was made scapegoat to avert US pressure
Slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Counsel for parents of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl has produced a letter in the Supreme Court in which accused Ahmad Omar Sheikh revealed that the real culprit of Pearl’s kidnapping was a militant, Attaur Rehman, from Karachi.
According to lawyer Faisal Siddiqui, Sheikh submitted this hand-written letter to the Sindh High Court on July 19, 2019. Sheikh claimed that he was “a scapegoat” arrested on the US “pressure,” and that the real culprit was a Karachi militant, Attaur Rehman.