Supreme Court orders release of Daniel Pearl’s ‘killers’
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January 29, 2021
A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam, and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi, heard the criminal petition, filed by the Sindh government as well as parents of Daniel Pearl for leave to appeal under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the impugned judgment, passed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on April, 2.
“An appeal of the Sindh government and the criminal petition of Daniel Pearl’s parents are dismissed and the appeal of respondent, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, is accepted and respondents be released forthwith if not required in any other case,” the court announced in its short order.
SC orders release of Daniel Pearl’s ‘murderers’
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January 29, 2021
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court (SC) Thursday acquitted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the 2002 beheading of US journalist Daniel Pearl case, and directed the authorities concerned to release him forthwith if not required in any other case.
A three-member SC bench, headed by Justice Mushir Alam, and comprising Justice Sardar Tariq Masood and Justice Yahya Afridi, heard the criminal petition, filed by the Sindh government as well as parents of Daniel pearl for leave to appeal under Article 185(3) of the Constitution against the impugned judgment, passed by the Sindh High Court (SHC) on April, 2. “An appeal of the Sindh government and the criminal petition of Daniel Pearl’s parents are dismissed and the appeal of respondent, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, is accepted and respondents be released forthwith if not required in any other case,” the court announced in its short order.
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON: The Supreme Court Thursday acquitted Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the 2002 beheading of US journalist Daniel Pearl case, and directed the authorities concerned.
SC again hears Daniel Pearl murder case today
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January 21, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court (SC) was told on Wednesday that there was no evidence submitted by the prosecution that shows any link of the accused persons in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
While, counsel for parents of Daniel Pearl, filed an application comprises of some news clippings that allegedly link Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the mains accused in the case, to militants groups. The counsel also submitted a letter, allegedly written by Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh from jail to Sindh High Court to decide his case at the earliest.
KARACHI/WASHINGTON: The Sindh High Court on Thursday struck down preventive detention of British nationality holder Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh and three others who were continuously detained for the.