KARACHI- Three suspects allegedly involved in the kidnapping of US journalist Daniel Pearl appeared in Sindh High Court here Tuesday for a remand hearing amid extremely tight security. Fahad Naseem, Saikh Ardil and Salman Saquib arrived at the Karachi anti-terrorism court in an armoured personnel carrier flanked by special paramilitary forces in bullet-proof vests. They […]
KARACHI- Police said on Monday the hunt for the kidnappers of US reporter Daniel Pearl had shifted to Lahore amid signals their prime suspect had fled there from Karachi. Karachi police chief Tariq Jamil said investigators were hoping first to track down British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the man suspected of masterminding the […]
LAHORE- Pakistani and US agencies working on US reporter Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping are hopeful about his release within a couple of days, according to a well-placed source in a Pakistani intelligence. The source said authorities were negotiating with the kidnappers. The negotiations were centered on the kidnappers main demand for securing release of some people […]
ISLAMABAD- The special investigation team inquiring into the mysterious abduction of Daniel Pearl has arrested a mobile phone dealer on Monday, who had allegedly sold phones used by the Kidnappers. The team had found a clue to dealer Abdul Majid, whose office is at the Bank Road Rawalpindi, after interrogating the four suspects already in […]
KARACHI- The kidnapping of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Karachi has panicked the US buyers to visit Pakistan, said Azhar Elahi, a leading garment exporter, who has just returned after surveying the American market. He said on Monday although the tension had subsided in the region after the surrender of Taliban, the […]
LAHORE- The key to US journalist Daniel Pearl’s kidnapping mystery might be lying somewhere in the city where the main suspect Sheikh Omar is believed to be hiding, police sources said on Monday. Investigators, however, are not Certain whether or not British born Sheikh Omar, a leader of banned Jaish-i-Muhammad, is keeping the Wall Street […]
KARACHI- The administrative judge of Anti-Terrorist Court. Justice Shabbir Ahmed has disallowed remand of accused that were held on charges of involvement in abduction of US journalist Daniel Pearl. He said that previous ATCs courts had been abolished on January 31 hence government should clarify whether he is still administrative judge of ATC or not. […]
BOMBAY- US Deputy Treasury Secretary Kenneth Dam said on Monday the Indian government was not involved in the kidnapping of reporter Daniel Pearl. “There is no reason to believe that the Indian government is involved,” Dam told reporters when asked to comment on allegations by Pakistani military ruler Pervez Musharraf that Indian intelligence agencies could […]
ISLAMABAD- Lawyers for Syed Mubarak Shah Gilani, one of the suspects in the kidnapping of US journalist Daniel Pearl, have filed a writ petition before the Lahore High Court (Rawalpindi Bench) for the recovery of Mr. Gilani from police custody. The petition, which has made State and the Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Rawalpindi Cantt as […]
ISLAMABAD- The family of the man accused of masterminding the kidnapping of US reporter Daniel Pearl said on Sunday they were praying for Pearl’s safe release. Pakistani authorities have named British-born Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, better known as Sheikh Omar, as their prime suspect in the case, and have been putting pressure on his family […]
KARACHI- His father describes him as a kid who was “crazy about computers” but not interested in politics. Last week, Pakistani police arrested 21-year Fawwad Naseem, accusing him of having sent two grim emails containing photographs of kidnapped US reporter Daniel Pearl, bound in chains and with a gun to his head. The emails, the […]
KARACHI- Federal Interior Minister Lt Gen (Retd) Moinuddin Haider on Sunday disclosed that kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl is in Karachi and the main suspect Shaikh Omar in Punjab. He also claimed that one more suspect has been arrested from Islamabad in connection with Daniel PearlÂ’s abduction case. While those would be tried under Anti-Terrorism […]
LAHORE- US and Pakistani intelligence agencies have shifted their focus to the Afghan-concentrated areas, especially in the Lahore, as part of the nationwide search for the kidnapped US journalist Daniel Pearl, sources said. The intelligence sources said these areas in Lahore had already become the focus for the Pakistani and US intelligence agencies since the […]
ISLAMABAD- The government has at its disposal various laws to curb freedom of information, including the latest addition of the Provisional Constitutional Order No 1, 1999 , allowing freedom of expression to the extent that is not in conflict with President Gen Pervez Musharraf’s orders. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP), in a study […]
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