Lawyer for accused says FIR was lodged after a delay of 12 days
Slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
A lawyer for the accused in the Daniel Pearl murder case told the Supreme Court that the case did not fall in the category of terrorism as per the apex court orders, as the hearing of the appeals against a high court ruling in the case continued on Thursday.
A three-member larger bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam and including Justice Yahya Khan Afridi and Justice Sardar Tariq Masood, sought arguments on terrorism charges before adjourning the case until Wednesday.
Defence counsel presents arguments in Pearl case
Says there is an impression if court acquitted Omar Saeed Sheikh, he will be handed over to US
Slain American journalist Daniel Pearl. PHOTO: AFP/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Counsel for Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh – one of the key accused in the Denial Pearl case – has told the apex court that there is an impression that if the court acquitted his client, he would be handed over to the United States.
Continuing his arguments before a three-judge bench on Tuesday, Advocate Mahmood A Sheikh said an international lobby becomes active whenever the trial proceedings progress. “There is an impression that if Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is acquitted, he would be handed over to the US,” he said.
KARACHI: The provincial authorities on Thursday contended before the Sindh High Court that four men had not been set free after their conviction was set aside in the abduction and murder case of US journalist Daniel Pearl since there was a restraining order of the Supreme Court.
A division bench of the SHC directed both sides to come up on Jan 13 for arguments after representatives of the provincial government insisted that an interim stay order issued by the Supreme Court in September against the release of petitioners still held the field.
Petitioners Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Sheikh Adil through their lawyers moved the SHC seeking contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities for not setting them free despite court orders.
KARACHI/WASHINGTON: The Sindh High Court on Thursday struck down preventive detention of British nationality holder Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and three others who were continuously detained for the.