After the Sindh government, the family of slain US journalist Daniel Pearl has decided to move the Supreme Court against the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) verdict that had acquitted the alleged kidnappers and murderers of Pearl. Subsequently, on April 22, the Sindh government challenged the verdict in the top court and then approached the court again for an early hearing. In July 2002, following the hearings, an anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Hyderabad had sentenced to death Sheikh and life term to other co-accused. However, all four convicts had moved the SHC in 2002 challenging their convictions. They had further contended that Naseem and Adil Sheikh’s confessions before a judicial magistrate were defective and not voluntary.

Source: Pakistan Today April 29, 2020 16:41 UTC