According to Baaghi TV, a case related to the murder of Daniel Pearl was heard in the Sindh High Court (SHC).
Detention of 4 accused, including Ahmed Omar Sheikh, was declared null and void. The court ordered the accused to be released from jail immediately.
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The court also ordered that the names of all the accused, including Ahmed Omar Sheikh, be included in the ECL. The court remarked that the accused have been in jail for 18 years without any charges.
It may be recalled that on April 2nd, the Sindh High Court had ruled on the appeals filed by four accused in the murder case following the abduction of American journalist Daniel Pearl. However, the death sentence of the main accused Omar Sheikh was changed to 7 years imprisonment.
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The bench, in its judgment, granted the plea of the three accused and ordered their release. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, also known as Sheikh Omar, had his death sentence hanged to seven years in prison. Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who has been in jail for the past 18 years, was expected to be released after his full sentence of 7 years was counted.
However, on April 3rd, a major breakthrough came and the Sindh Home Department, at the request of the CIA DIG, remanded the four accused in custody for another 90 days.
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This is the second petition in the Supreme Court against the decision of the Sindh High Court in the murder case of a journalist. The Sindh government had on April 22nd challenged the decision of the Sindh High Court in the murder case of journalist Daniel Pearl in the Supreme Court. On April 28, the Sindh government had approached the Supreme Court for an early hearing of its petition.
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