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Wall Street Journal reporter, was submitted to the Supreme Court nearly two weeks ago. AP/ File
After 18 years of denial, the main accused, convicted and later acquitted, in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl has told a court he played a minor” role in the killing, the Pearl family lawyer said on Wednesday.
A letter handwritten by Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh in 2019, in which he admits limited involvement in the killing of the
Wall Street Journal reporter, was submitted to the Supreme Court nearly two weeks ago. It wasn t until Wednesday that Sheikh s lawyers confirmed their client wrote it.
Daniel Pearl, 38, was abducted in Karachi in January 2002 while doing a research on religious extremism. Dawn archives
KARACHI: The Supreme Court is conducting day-to-day hearings on an appeal filed by the Sindh government challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court on the appeals of four men in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case.
Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin submitted this before a two-judge SHC bench during the hearing of an application moved by the four men seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial authorities for keeping them in detention despite their acquittal in the case.
Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their lawyers had moved the SHC last month seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities for not setting them free despite court orders.
KARACHI: The Supreme Court is conducting day-to-day hearings on an appeal filed by the Sindh government challenging the decision of the Sindh High Court on the appeals of four men in US journalist Daniel Pearl’s abduction and murder case.
Advocate General Sindh Salman Talibuddin submitted this before a two-judge SHC bench during the hearing of an application moved by the four men seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial authorities for keeping them in detention despite their acquittal in the case.
Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their lawyers had moved the SHC last month seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities for not setting them free despite court orders.
Daniel Pearl, 38, was abducted in Karachi in January 2002 while doing a research on religious extremism. Dawn archives
KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday asked the advocate general of Sindh to advance arguments as to whether the Supreme Court’s order still holds the field regarding detention of four men acquitted in abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
A division bench of the SHC adjourned the hearing till Jan 20 on the request of assistant advocate general Muhammad Yousif Rahpoto after he stated that the AG Sindh would appear before the court in this matter on the next date, as today he was busy before the Supreme Court.