International
oi-Vicky Nanjappa
Washington, Feb 03: The members of the US Congress in a statement to Pakistan’s Ambassador to the US, Assad Majeed has urged the Pakistani government to conduct a full review of the acquittal in the Daniel Pearl murder case.
The US had earlier said that they were ready to prosecute the accused in the US for the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered to shift British-born al-Qaeda terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the main accused in the sensational kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002, from the death row cell to a rest house run by the government.
A three-member bench of the court headed by Justice Umar Ata Bandial ordered Sheikh, 46, to be transferred to the general barracks for two days following which he should be…