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Daniel Pearl: Pakistan accuses sentenced to the death penalty

Nov 6,2023 10:51 am

Pearl went missing in Karachi in 2002 while researching extremism

Pakistan overturned the Death Sentence of The Man convicted of killing US journalist Daniel Pearl , defense lawyers, told reporters.

British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, imprisoned since 2002, had reduced his sentence to seven years for the kidnapping, said attorney Khawaja Naveed.

the other Three men given life sentences were spoken about The Killing free by the Sindh High Court and released.

Sindh Chief Prosecutor says he will appeal, in the Sheikh case.

The province of attorney-General Fiaz Shah told The Bbc he expected Sheikh in jail during The Appeal that would be heard by the Supreme Court .

. The Pearl project's alleged killer was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is held in Guantanamo Bay , accused of being behind the 9/11 attacks.

Mr Naveed said that he expects his client to be released "in few days".

What Happened to Daniel Pearl ?

Pearl, who worked for the Wall Street Journal, went missing in January 2002.

He had been researching links between militant Islamist activities in Karachi and Richard Reid , tried to blow up a passenger plane with bombs hidden in his shoes.

According to the Prosecutor's office, Omar Saeed Sheikh lured him to a meeting with an Islamic cleric. The two had a relationship, discuss concerns about their wives, who were both pregnant at The Time .

Almost a month later, a video shows the 38-year-old's beheading was sent to the U.S. Consulate in Karachi.

Pearl ' s son, Adam, born in may 2002.

Sheikh was convicted of Pearl's murder In July 2002 by an anti-terrorism Court and was sentenced to death.

Who is Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh is?

Sheikh was born in London in 1973, he attended the public school, before studying at the London School of Economics. He has no degree, not returning to the travel assistance to Bosnia after his first year.

He was arrested because they were involved in the kidnapping of four tourists - Three Britons And One American in Delhi, 1994.

He was released from prison, as part of the claims of militants that hijacked a plane in 1999.

According to the news Agency Reuters, the police in India later, the transfer of money, accused him to one of the militants that a plane flew into the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Long-standing questions about the Sheikh's conviction,

By M Ilyas Khan Bbc News , Islamabad

The most important argument of the defense was that The Prosecution had failed to prove their case, beyond any doubt. You may have a point. There are questions about whether The Four had no direct role in Daniel Pearl 's murder, but there was some evidence to show, Sheikh's involvement in his abduction.

the Sheikh was widely considered to be links to Pakistan's top intelligence service, the ISI, and al-Qaeda and played a role in the formation of the Jaish-e-Mohammad militant group, which carried out attacks in Indian Kashmir during the 1990s

His arrest and conviction in 2002 came in rapid succession, at a time when Pakistan to eliminate under strong pressure from the United States terrorist networks on its soil.

But the Pakistan has justice sat on his appeal for almost two decades, and some observers believe that The Present judgment has come at a time when The Mood in the United States and the rest of The World has changed and nobody seems to be worried about The Terrorists of The Past .



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Source of news: bbc.com

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