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KARACHI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan’s government on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court to review its decision to free a British-born Islamist and three others convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.
FILE PHOTO: A portrait of the Wall Street Journal s reporter Daniel Pearl stands with a candle at the altar at Fleet Street s journalists chapel St Brides Church prior to a memorial service in London March 5, 2002. REUTERS/Ian Waldie IW/NMB/File Photo
The United States has expressed concern over the ruling and top U.S. diplomat Antony Blinken repeated a call for accountability in his first phone call with Pakistan’s foreign minister on Friday.
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Pakistan News: ISLAMABAD: After 18 years of denial, the Pakistani suspect convicted and later acquitted in the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl has.
By Syed Raza Hassan and Asif Shahzad
KARACHI, Pakistan, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Pakistan s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamist convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that has left his family in complete shock , lawyers said.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, was released by a panel of three judges. By a majority of two to one, they have acquitted all the accused persons and ordered their release, a provincial advocate general, Salman Talibuddin, told Reuters.
It was not immediately clear whether acquittal meant a finding of not guilty, or that they had merely finished their jail terms.