Pakistan High Court Orders Release of Prime Suspect in Killing of US Journalist Daniel Pearl Arshad Mehmood
Islamist terrorist was convicted and later acquitted of the brutal 2002 beheading
[Islamabad] The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday ordered the release of Ahmed Omar Sheikh, the prime suspect in the brutal murder of
Wall Street Journal South Asia Bureau Chief Daniel Pearl.
The three-justice court also dismissed an appeal by the Sindh Provincial government against the High Court order for the immediate release of Sheikh and his alleged co-conspirators.
“Ahmed Omar Sheikh, Fahad Nasim Ahmed, Syed Salman Saqib and Sheikh Muhammad Adil shall be released from jail forthwith if not required to be detained in connection with any other case,” the Supreme Court said. “Ahmed Omar Sheikh is acquitted of the charge by extending the benefit of the doubt to him.”