Sindh Govt Halts Release Of Omar Sheikh, 3 Others In Daniel Pearl Murder Case

Pakistan’s Sindh province authorities has determined to not launch British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides, accused of kidnapping and murdering US journalist Daniel Pearl, in view of a Supreme Court order, in accordance with a media report.

Tribune newspaper mentioned that the provincial authorities is not going to launch these males in view of the Supreme Court’s September 28 order. The Pakistan People’s Party-led Sindh authorities believes that the apex court docket’s September 28 order within the case remains to be within the subject, the sources instructed the each day.

A 3-judge apex court docket bench headed by Justice Mushir Alam, which is listening to the attraction by the Sindh authorities and the household of the slain journalist towards the acquittal of Sheikh by the Sindh High Court in April, on September 28 famous that until the subsequent date of listening to, the accused shall not be launched.

A senior authorities official mentioned the apex court docket order has not been particularly recalled. The SHC in its December 24 order additionally clarified that the accused shouldn’t be launched if there’s a Supreme Court restraining order relating to their detention, he added. The sources mentioned the Sindh authorities will even problem the SHC’s December 24 order within the apex court docket on Monday.