Pakistan s Supreme Court acquits militant convicted of beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl
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AKIPRESS.COM - Pakistan’s Supreme Court on January 28 ordered the release of a militant convicted of beheading American journalist Daniel Pearl, a decision that shocked his family and drew condemnation from Washington, Reuters reported.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was the main suspect in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter, was acquitted 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.
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Islamabad, February 2
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to shift British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the sensational kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, from the death row cell to a rest house run by the government.
A three-member bench of the apex court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial ordered Sheikh, 46, to be transferred to the general barracks for two days following which he should be shifted to a government rest house by Friday under tight security, where his family will be able to visit from 8 am to 5 pm, officials said.
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Pakistan’sSupreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a so-called government safe house.
Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, who has been on death row for 18 years, will be under guard and will not be allowed to leave the safe house, but he will be able to have his wife and children visit him. It is not complete freedom. It is a step toward freedom, said Sheikh s father, Ahmad Saeed Sheikh, who attended the hearing.