Pakistan court declares detention of 4 accused in Daniel Pearl case ‘illegal’
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Pakistan court declares detention of 4 accused in Daniel Pearl case ‘illegal’
Omer Farooq Khan / TNN / Dec 24, 2020, 23:24 IST
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ISLAMABAD: The Singh High Court on Thursday declared the detention of British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others accused of the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl illegal and ordered their immediate release.
In April this year, the HC had overturned the death sentence of Sheikh, who had been convicted of the 2002 kidnapping and killing of the American journalist by an anti-terrorism court, into seven years’ imprisonment and acquitted the three others. The others accused in the case are Fahad Naseem, Syed Suleman Saqib and Sheikh Muhammad Adil.