A police van is driven out from the Karachi Central Prison where British-born Pakistani Ahmad Omar Saeed Sheikh is detained, in Karachi, Pakistan, on Jan. 29, 2021.Pakistan’s government on Friday appealed to the Supreme Court to review its decision to free an Islamist convicted of kidnapping and beheading U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl, a day after the United States expressed “deep concerns” over the ruling.
The court ordered the Islamist and his co-accused released forthwith if they are not required in any other case.The government in southern Sindh province filed a petition asking the top court to review its decision, the Pearl family’s lawyer Faisal Siddiqi and the Sindh government’s prosecutor told Reuters.
“Being aggrieved of and dissatisfied with the judgement, the petitioner files an instant criminal review petition for leave to appeal on matters of law, facts and grounds,” the petition seeking the reversal of the aquittal said.
In this backward country Justice is always suspect . Murder a daily occurrence with no consequences ..