Omar Sheikh shifted from death cell inside Karachi prison: official
Says he will be taken to a rest house SAMAA | Roohan Ahmed - Posted: Feb 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Roohan Ahmed Posted: Feb 3, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh. Photo: AFP FILE
Prison authorities have shifted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British-born militant acquitted of murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, to a barrack from his death cell inside the Karachi Central Prison, a jail official said Wednesday.
âHe was moved to the barrack on the orders of the Supreme Court,â Hassan Sehto, the Karachi Central Jail superintendent, told SAMAA Digital. âHe will be shifted to a rest house in Karachi in a day or two.â
Move Omar Sheikh to rest house in two days: SC
Daniel Pearl s kidnapper was acquitted last week SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal - Posted: Feb 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago SAMAA | Zulqarnain Iqbal Posted: Feb 2, 2021 | Last Updated: 2 months ago
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The Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to move Ahmed Omar Sheikh, who was convicted of kidnapping US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2012, to a rest house in Karachi in two days.
The court has instructed that he should be moved from the death cell to a barrack.
The authorities have been told to find a suitable rest house for him, and shift him there on Kashmir Day (February 5). His family will be able to meet him from 8am to 5pm and he will not have access to a mobile phone or internet at the rest house, the court said.
The Supreme Court has stopped the authorities from releasing Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man previously convicted of kidnapping Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl and facilitating his murder. The Sindh government has been instructed to suspend his release orders. He was expected to be released on February 2 (Tuesday). The court has restricted the Sindh government from issuing an extension in his detention orders. Related: Daniel Pearl’s suspected murderer committed crimes even from jail: lawyer On January 28, the Supreme Court ordered Sheikh s release. The White House said it was “outraged” by this decision. Following this, the Sindh and federal governmen.
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Daniel Pearl Killing: Why Pakistan Acquitted Accused Omar Sheikh, Militant That India Released in 2000
Daniel Pearl Case: Why Pakistan Acquitted Prime Accused Omar Sheikh who was Once Held in IndiaOver 18 years after the brutal beheading of United States journalist Daniel Pearl shook the world, Pakistan s Supreme Court has acquitted the man accused of kidnapping and killing the Wall Street Journal reporter of all charges.
On Thursday, a panel of three judges ordered the acquittal of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the prime suspect in the 2002 killing.
Who was Daniel Pearl?
Pearl, 38, was investigating Islamist militants in Karachi after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States when he was kidnapped. Pearl was based in Mumbai at the time as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Journal. He was kidnapped in Karachi on January 23 and killed by his captors on February 1. His dismembered body was found buried in a shallow grave 30 km from Karachi and found in May, nearly three mont