Four terrorists convicted of kidnapping and beheading Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl are RELEASED including ‘killer’ on death row in Pakistan
Pakistan s Supreme Court today ordered release of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who had been on death row, Fahad Naseem, Syed Salman and Muhammad Adil
Islamist militants were cleared of murder last year but they were held for appeal
Sheikh had been sentenced to death after being found guilty of abduction and murder of Daniel Pearl, 38, in 2002
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Published Friday, December 25, 2020 12:37AM EST KARACHI, Pakistan - A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The Sindh High Court s release order Thursday overturns government detention orders that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key suspect in Pearl s slaying, should remain in custody. Sheikh was acquitted earlier this year of murdering Pearl, but has been held while Pearl s family appeals the acquittal. “The detention order is struck down,” said Faisal Siddiqi, the family s lawyer. He said Sheikh would be freed until the appeal is completed, but would return to prison if the family is successful in overturning the acquittal.
KARACHI, Pakistan: A provincial court in Pakistan ordered the release of a British-born Pakistani man charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
The Sindh High Court’s release order Thursday overturns government detention orders that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key suspect in Pearl’s slaying, should remain in custody. Sheikh was acquitted earlier this year of murdering Pearl, but has been held while Pearl’s family appeals the acquittal.
“The detention order is struck down,” said Faisal Siddiqi, the family’s lawyer. He said Sheikh would be freed until the appeal is completed, but would return to prison if the family is successful in overturning the acquittal.