2021-01-30 20:07:33
Pearl’s killing — which was filmed — caused international shock and outrage. (File)
Islamabad:
The Pakistan government on Saturday announced that it would formally join the review proceedings initiated by the Sindh administration against the Supreme Court’s acquittal of British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and his three aides in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl.
Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story in 2002 on the links between the country’s powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered the release of main accused Sheikh and his aides — Fahad Naseem, Sheikh Adil and Salman Saqib — by dismissing appeals against their acquittal by the Sindh High Court. The judgement was denounced by Pearl’s family as “a complete travesty of justice”.
The Sindh government on Friday filed a review petition in the top court against the acquittal of Sheikh and his three accomplices.
A spokesman of the Attorney General of Pakistan on Saturday announced that the federal government will file an appropriate application before the top court to be allowed to join as a party in the proceedings and further seek review and recall of the court’s January 28 judgement.
The federal government will file an application for the constitution of a larger bench to hear the review petitions. In cooperation with the provincial government, the federal government will continue to take all legal steps to bring the perpetrators of this heinous crime to justice in accordance with the law, the spokesman said.
The announcement came a day after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke to Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi over phone and discussed the accountability of convicted terrorists responsible for the brutal murder of Pearl.
Blinken also expressed “deep concern” over the top court’s judgement.
The Pakistan Foreign Office in a statement said Qureshi “underscored that it was important and in the mutual interest that justice is served through legal means”.
According to some media reports, the Supreme Court would hear the review petition on February 1. However, no formal announcement has been made as yet.
In April 2020, a two-judge Sindh High Court bench commuted the death sentence of 46-year-old Sheikh to seven years imprisonment. The court also acquitted his three aides who were serving life terms in the case — almost two decades after they were found guilty and jailed.
The Sindh government and family of Pearl filed petitions in the top court, challenging the high court verdict.
The Sindh government invoked the Maintenance of Public Order (MPO) Ordinance 1960 to keep the four men under detention.
Their continuous detention was challenged in the Sindh High Court (SHC), which on December 24 directed security agencies not to keep Sheikh and other accused under “any sort of detention” and declared all notifications of the Sindh government related to their detention “null and void”.
The order elicited an immediate response from the US, which on December 25 expressed its “deep concerns” over the SHC order.
The US State Department said it will continue to monitor any developments in the case and will continue to support the Pearl family “through this extremely difficult process”, while honouring the legacy of the “courageous journalist”.
The US has been mounting pressure on Pakistan, demanding justice for Pearl.
Last month, the US said it is ready to take custody of Sheikh, asserting that Washington will not allow him to evade justice.
Sheikh in a handwritten letter to the SHC in 2019 admitted his limited involvement in the killing of Pearl. The letter was presented to the Supreme Court nearly two weeks ago and Sheikh’s lawyer on Wednesday confirmed the letter.
The accused, however, didn’t explain the nature of his role which he said was “just minor”.
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