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Topic: Daniel Pearl

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

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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.

Pakistan will seek to continue detention of Daniel Pearl murder convict Omar Sheikh — WSJ report

Sindh HC ordered Omar’s release Thursday. But a Wall Street Journal report quotes a Pakistani legal official, who says he will remain behind bars as authorities will try to prevent his release.

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Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts training Jammu & Kashmir cops 

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.