ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday heard contentions of the defencelawyer while hearing appeals against acquittal of the accused by the SindhHigh Court in Daniel Pearl murder case.
A bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam hearing appealsfiled by the Sindh government and parents of Daniel Pearl.
Mehmood Shaikh advocate in his arguments said that the delay inregistration of FIR required a strong reason behind it. The FIR of DanielPearl’s abduction was filed after a delay of 12 days, the counsel ofaccused said. “No reason given for this delay in filing the case.”
“All accused were subjected to illegal detention in the case,” the counselfurther said.
“Ahmed Omer Saeed was accused of affiliation with a terrorist outfit innewspaper reports,” Justice Yahya Afridi remarked. “Brief the court overthe issue,” Justice Afridi asked defence lawyer. “I will reply on thematter after contacting with my client,” the counsel said.
“How Ahmed Omer Saeed got a mobile phone in Jail? An answer is also onpending over it,” Justice Sardar Tariq said.
“How can a life term inmate makes a threatening phone call from jail to thepresident of the country,” Rae Bashir,the counsel of co-accused SalmanSaqib, argued.
Salman Saqib had purchased cameras, scanner and printer from Fahad Naseem,while the purchased items have no role in the case, the counsel said.
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“If any witness testified against Salman Saqib,” Justice Afridi questioned.“His name was not taken in any witness account,” counsel Rae Bashir said.“The prosecution made bundle of lies against accused,” the counsel claimed.
“Fahad Naseem was a computer expert, he had sent the email regarding DanielPearl,” additional prosecutor general of Sindh said. “The taxi driver inthe case was not associated with the police,” the prosecutor further said.
“If the taxi driver was shown photograph of Pearl and asked about him,”Justice Afridi questioned. “Nothing on record about how the taxi driveridentified,” the prosecutor said.
The court directed Sindh government to facilitate the counsel of Omer SaeedShaikh for meeting with his client.
The bench adjourned further hearing of case until Wednesday.
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