US News: WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: US secretary of state Tony Blinken has spoken over phone with Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed the.
Washington: US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has spoken over phone with Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed the accountability of convicted terrorists responsible for the murder of Daniel Pearl, according to the State Department.
Daniel Pearl was abducted in Karachi in January 2002 while researching a story about Islamist militants.
Washington/Islamabad:
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken has spoken over phone with Pakistan s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and discussed the accountability of convicted terrorists responsible for the brutal murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl, according to the State Department.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.
State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Friday that Blinken reinforced America s concern over Pakistan Supreme Court s ruling acquitting Pearl s killers.
Pakistan s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed appeals against the acquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Sheikh in the kidnapping and murder case of Daniel Pearl.
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