Sindh Extends Detention of Daniel Pearl Murder Accused

The Sindh Home Department on Wednesday extended the detention of the accused persons in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl by three months, Geo News reported.

The accused in the murder of the American journalist include Omar Saeed, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Shaikh Mohammad.

The department said that the accused have been detained under the Anti-Terrorism Act’s Section 11 Triple E. It added that the government fears that if the accused are released they may create a new terrorist network.

The provincial government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) ruling in the Daniel Pearl case, whereby three of the four accused were acquitted and the death sentence of the prime accused was commuted.

The appeal against the SHC’s April 2 ruling was filed by the provincial prosecutor-general.

In the appeal, the government has requested Pakistan’s top court to declare the SHC’s ruling null and void. It has also petitioned for the death penalty of the prime accused, Omer Saeed Sheikh, to be restored. Sheikh’s sentence had been converted into seven-year imprisonment earlier.

The Sindh government has requested the apex court to restore the life sentences of Sheikh’s three accomplices as well.

The three appeals by the provincial government include all four accused as a party to the petition.

On April 2, the SHC had acquitted three of the accused in the kidnapping and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002. It had also converted prime accused Sheikh’s death penalty into a seven-year imprisonment sentence.

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