Sindh Home Department extended the detention of Daniel Pearl murderer

The Sindh Home Department on Wednesday extended the detention of the accused persons in the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl by three months, Geo News reported. The accused in the murder of the American journalist include Omar Saeed, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Shaikh Mohammad. The department said that the accused have been detained under the Anti-Terrorism Act's Section 11 Triple E. It added that the government fears that if the accused are released they may create a new terrorist network. The provincial government has filed an appeal in the Supreme Court of Pakistan against the Sindh High Court's (SHC) ruling in the Daniel Pearl case, whereby three of the four accused were acquitted and the death sentence of the prime accused was commuted. The appeal against the SHC's April 2 ruling was filed by the provincial prosecutor-general. (IANS)

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