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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicDaniel Pearl

Topic: Daniel Pearl

Operation Sindoor brings Daniel Pearl back in focus. How slain WSJ journalist’s father reacted

The Wall Street Journal reporter was kidnapped and later beheaded by Al Qaeda leader Omar Saeed Sheikh in 2002 in Karachi.

Pakistan shifts Daniel Pearl’s killers Omar Sheikh, 4 others to rest house inside jail

Supreme Court had last week directed authorities to move Omar Sheikh from a death cell in the Karachi Central Prison to a government rest house.

Pakistan wants Biden to see from new lens. But it made a mess in Daniel Pearl’s case

The case against alleged murderers of Daniel Pearl was heard by a judge who is steeped in suspicion of the West. He doesn’t believe that 9/11 happened.

Pakistan Supreme Court orders immediate release of prime accused in Daniel Pearl murder

The apex court on Monday rejected Pakistan govt's request to suspend the order to release Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides.

Under US & UN pressure, Pakistan govt joins review of acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder

Pakistan Supreme Court ordered release of prime accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his aides Thursday, dismissing appeals against their acquittal by Sindh HC.

Blinken calls Pakistan FM Qureshi, seeks accountability in Daniel Pearl murder case

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken urged Pakistan to explore all legal options to ensure that the killers of Pearl are brought to justice.

Travesty of justice, says India after Pakistan SC orders release of Daniel Pearl murder suspect

Pearl, a 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 ISI & al-Qaeda.

Pakistan Supreme Court orders release of prime suspect in Daniel Pearl murder

The apex court dismissed the Sindh govt's appeal against the Sindh High Court's decision to overturn the conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh for the beheading of Pearl in 2002.

Denial of bail to comic Munawar Faruqui is Orwellian. As a democracy, we can’t laugh it off

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Pakistan’s Sindh govt not to release Daniel Pearl murder accused Omar Sheikh, cites SC order

Sindh High Court had acquitted Sheikh & his 3 aides in Sept, but clarified that they should not be released if there is a Supreme Court restraining order regarding their detention.

On Camera

MCD is rounding up sterilised, friendly dogs just for optics—a moral and scientific failure

Since 1982, the resident dogs of JLN Stadium have peacefully coexisted with athletes, spectators, and staff. There hasn’t been a single recorded bite in over four decades.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.