ISLAMABAD: Breakthrough development Reported in American journalist DanielPearl murder case.
Sindh government has decided to file an appeal against the Sindh High Court(SHC) verdict, overturning the death sentence of a prime suspect, AhmedOmer Saeed Sheikh and acquittal of three other convicts in Americanjournalist Daniel Pearl murder case.Ad
According to a statement issued from interior ministry, it said that theministry was aware of the SHC decision in Daniel Pearl murder case and thefederal government had expressed its concern over the decision.
“As per the penal laws, the matter lies within the jurisdiction of theprovincial government and we have raised the matter with the concernedauthorities,” the ministry said.
It said that the provincial government has decided to move the SupremeCourt of Pakistan against the decision. “An appeal in this regard will befiled at the apex court in the next week,” the interior ministry said.
We have asked the provincial authorities to use best available resources toplead their case against the decision, it said adding that they were alsoasked to consult with attorney general of Pakistan on the matter.
Unless an appeal is filed against the accused, they would remain imprisonedunder Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance (MPO).
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“They will remain imprisoned for three more months,” said the statementlinkaddingthat the government of Pakistan was committed to fulfill all legal optionsaimed at bringing the perpetrators of terror acts to justice.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Sindh High Court (SHC) announcedits verdict on Thursday on the appeals filed by four convicts in the caseof the slain American journalist Daniel Pearllink.
A two-judge SHC bench headed by Justice Mohammad Karim Khan Agha haspronounced three of the four accused ‘not guilty’ while the prime accusedAhmed Omer Saeed Sheikh’s death sentence has been overturned into a sevenyear jail sentencing.
The judgement was reserved last month on the convicts’ appeals, pending forthe past 18 years, and an appeal of the state seeking enhancement of thesentence after hearing arguments and examining the record and proceedingsof the case.
