KARACHI: Parents of slain American journalist Daniel Pearl have approached the Supreme Court (SC) against the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) verdict acquitting the prime accused in their son’s murder case. Two criminal petitions have been filed by Advocate Faisal Siddiqi on behalf of the parents—Ruth Pearl and Judie Pearl—against the acquittal of the four accused, including Omer Saeed Sheikh. “The decision by the Sindh High Court to free the men in the murder of Daniel Pearl is a complete miscarriage of justice. Rarely has any court case embodied and risked such fundamental values,” the lawyer said. It further argues that the SHC erred in holding that no evidence has been brought on record by the prosecution to link any of the accused persons to the murder of Pearl.

Source: Pakistan Today May 02, 2020 10:52 UTC