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US state secretary offers to prosecute Omar Sheikh following SC acquittalInternational 2021-01-30, by Editor Comments Off 2
In his first statement on Pakistan as the United States secretary of state, Antony Blinken said America was ready to prosecute Omar Saeed Sheikh the principal accused in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in US courts, a day after he was acquitted by the Supreme Court.
On Thursday, a three-judge Supreme Court bench acquitted Sheikh by extending the benefit of the doubt to him and ordered his release. The Supreme Court issued the verdict on a petition filed by the Sindh government and Pearl’s parents against a Sindh High Court (SHC) order for Sheikh’s acquittal and immediate release.
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"Blinken and Qureshi discussed how to ensure accountability for convicted terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and others responsible for the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl,” State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said in a readout of the call.