ISLAMABAD – Supreme Court of Pakistan on Thursday directed to release OmarSheikh, the prime accused in case of the murder of journalist Daniel Pearl.

A three-member bench of Apex Court headed by Justice Mushir Alam announcedthe verdict by rejecting the appeals filed by the Sindh government.

Earlier, the Sindh government had approached the Supreme Court against theorder of the Sindh High Court (SHC) overturning the conviction of AhmedOmar Saeed Sheikh in the 2002 murder of the American journalist in theprovincial capital.

Mahmood Sheikh, who represented Omar, said the court has come out to saythat there is no offence that he has committed in this case.

An anti-terrorism had handed over death sentence to Ahmed Omer Sheikh andlife terms to other accused on July 15, 2002 for abducting Daniel Pearl forransom and killing him afterwards.

However, the Sindh Government halted the release of Omar Saeed Sheikh andthree others in view of the Supreme Court’s order.