The court said, however, that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh should remain in custody in accommodation similar to that given to prison staff while another appeal is considered. It allowed the government to move the militant to Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat jail. On Thursday the court said they should be confined to prison staff accommodation. Pearl, 38, was abducted on January 23, 2002, in Karachi and beheaded the next month, reportedly by Al-Qaeda. Sheikh had been convicted of helping lure Pearl to a meeting in Karachi in which he was kidnapped.

Source: Pakistan Today March 25, 2021 10:49 UTC