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‘All nominated officials must appear in person’
SHC irked at respondents' absence from hearing of contempt plea
Daniel Pearl, the South Asia bureau chief of the Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped on January 23, 2002, from Karachi, and later beheaded by his captors. PHOTO: AFP
The Sindh High Court directed on Thursday all officials nominated in a contempt of court plea, over the detention of persons acquitted in the Daniel Pearl murder case, to appear before the court in person.
A two-member bench, headed by Justice Iqbal Kalhoro, issued notices to the Sindh chief secretary, home department, jail authorities and other parties, after it observed that the chief secretary was not present at the hearing.