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Ringleader in Pearl murder to be freed from prison

Pakistan's Supreme Court has ordered the release from prison of Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh, a ringleader in the kidnapping and murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl by al-Qaeda and Pakistani Islamist militants in 2002.
World • 02 Feb 21

Four acquitted of Daniel Pearl murder re-arrested

Pakistani authorities have ordered four men, convicted of the 2002 murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl, to be detained for three months despite a lower court's ruling to overturn their convictions.
World • 03 Apr 20

Pakistan commutes Pearl killer accused's death sentence

A Pakistani court has commuted the death sentences of the main person accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, and acquitted three co-accused in the matter.
World • 02 Apr 20

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