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 ordered release of prime accused Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his aides Thursday, dismissing appeals against their acquittal by Sindh HC.
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.
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.
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.
Even as India, Pakistan have seemed on the edge of war, their intelligence services have often sought to find space to de-escalate tensions and reduce risks for the two countries.
Speaking at 2nd Investor Connect, CM Vishnu Deo Sai says 'we have been able to attract a lot of investors.' The focus of the event was the steel sector.
In largest overhaul of military command in 5 decades, Field Marshal Asim Munir set to assume post of Chief of Defence Forces tomorrow, as Army claims primacy in Pakistan armed forces.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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