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SHC orders release of accused in Daniel Pearl killing
Declares detention of four accused illegal, orders placing names on ECL
KARACHI:
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday set aside the detention of four men – including Omer Saeed Sheikh – who were convicted by an anti-terrorism court in 2002 for the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl. Later three of them were acquitted, while the one got his sentence commuted.
Declaring the detention of the accused illegal, the court ordered immediate release of Omer Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil. The court further ordered that their names be placed on the Exit Control List (ECL).
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Sheikh Muhammad Aslam, brother of British-born Pakistani Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who is charged in the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, leaves the Sindh High Court, in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020. The provincial court overturned a Supreme Court Decision that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh should remain in custody during an appeal of his acquittal on charges he murdered Pearl. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) December 24, 2020 - 6:41 PM
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 Courtâs release order Thursday overturns government detention orders that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the key suspect in Pearlâs 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.
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The man accused of luring Wall Street Journal s Daniel Pearl into the Al-Qaeda death trap may walk free after 18 years in prison as a court struck down orders to detain him any further on Thursday morning. The Sindh High Court issued a short order that the detention orders of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib were null and void while hearing the Daniel Pearl murder case.