Islamic Terrorist Convicted of Beheading US Journalist Daniel Pearl to Go Free
KARACHI, Pakistan Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of an Islamic terrorist convicted of beheading American 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 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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US journalist Daniel Pearl was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002.
He was the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal.
A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl informed Pakistan s Supreme Court on Wednesday that the mastermind behind the murder is an international terrorist and cited a judgment by India s apex court to support his arguments.
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 lawyer says Daniel Pearl s killer is international terrorist, cites Indian court s verdict
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Last Updated: Dec 16, 2020, 07:37 PM IST
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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.
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British-born al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides were convicted and sentenced in the abduction and murder case of Pearl.
Islamabad: A lawyer representing the parents of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl informed Pakistan s Supreme Court on Wednesday that the mastermind behind the murder is an international terrorist and cited a judgment by India s apex court to support his arguments.