Allow US to prosecute Daniel Pearl s killers: White House to Pakistan
The apex court on Thursday cleared Sheikh and his three Pakistani accomplices in the case of all the charges, ordering that Sheikh and others be immediately freed from jail.
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An American flag flies at half-staff above the White House in Washington, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. (Photo | AP) By PTI
WASHINGTON: Voicing outrage over the acquittal of those involved in the brutal murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002, the White House has asked Pakistan to expeditiously review its legal options, including allowing the US to prosecute al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and other suspects to secure justice for the American journalist s family.
Pearl, a Wall Street Journal scribe, was abducted and beheaded while investigating a story on the links between the ISI and Al-Qaeda in Pakistan in 2002
Publishing date: Jan 28, 2021 • January 28, 2021 • 2 minute read • 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. Photo by Ian Waldie IW/NMB
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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.
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A review petition is filed in the supreme court in Pakistan by authorities against the aquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three associates in the 2002 abducton and murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl. The petiton was filed came hours after US expressed outrage over the court decision terming it as an affront to victims of terrorism.
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US ‘outraged’ over Pakistan SC acquitting Daniel Pearl’s killers: White House
The White House has expressed âoutrageâ over the Pakistan Supreme Courtâs decision acquitting those involved in the sensational kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl in 2002 and said that the judgement is an affront to terrorism victims everywhere. 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.
Pakistan s Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed appeals against the acquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in the kidnapping and murder case of Pearl and ordered his release, a judgement denounced by the American journalist s family as a complete travesty of justice.