WASHINGTON: The United States has welcomed Pakistan’s actions in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl after the Sindh High Court (SHC) had overturned the death penalty of prime accused and acquitted his three accomplices earlier this week. The SHC on Wednesday had acquitted three persons accused of being involved in the kidnapping and murder of the American journalist back in 2002. The ministry had added that the Sindh government had decided to file an appeal against the SHC ruling next week with the Supreme Court (SC). They had submitted that the prosecution witnesses in the case against Sheikh and others were mostly policemen, and their testimonies could not be relied upon. They had said that there was no eyewitness to the crime and the prosecution relied upon very weak circumstantial evidence for conviction.

Source: Pakistan Today April 05, 2020 13:41 UTC