Pakistani authorities ordered on Friday four men, including a British militant, convicted of the 2002 murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, to be detained for three months despite a lower court’s..
The main accused in the murder of U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl is likely to walk free in the coming days, after a Pakistani court commuted his death sentence. Lucy Fielder reports.
Wall Street Journal reporter Pearl, 38, was investigating Islamist militants in the city of Karachi, the capital of Sindh, after September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States when he was kidnapped.. Zee News - Published Also reported by •Reuters India
In 2002, Daniel Pearl was abducted from outside a hotel in Pakistan's Islamabad when he was introduced to a man, Bashir, but was actually Omar. Zee News - Published
The U.S.’ response comes after the Sindh High Court on Thursday found the 46-year-old Sheikh guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and commuted his death sentence to seven years in prison. Hindu - Published
The Wall Street Journal reporter was investigating Islamist militants in Karachi after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, Hindu - Published Also reported by •IndiaTimes
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