Daniel Pearl

Pakistan Court Orders Release Of Man Accused Of Killing 'Wall Street Journal' Reporter

7:19pm January 28, 2021

Journalist Daniel Pearl's beheaded body was found in a shallow grave in the Pakistani port city of Karachi in 2002. The murder conviction of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh was overturned last year.

Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter, was killed by militants in Pakistan in 2002.

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Man Charged With Killing Journalist Daniel Pearl Ordered Released By Pakistan Court

2:53pm December 24, 2020

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh's murder conviction was overturned in April and he was ordered released for time served for kidnapping Pearl. He has remained in detention pending appeals.

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18 Years After Murder And Arrests, Convictions In Daniel Pearl Killing Are Reversed

8:00am April 04, 2020

by Diaa Hadid

Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, who was looking into jihadi terrorism, was beheaded on camera in early 2002. The Pakistani prosecutor is appealing the ruling to his country's supreme court.

Pakistani Court Overturns Murder Conviction In Killing Of Journalist Daniel Pearl

4:42pm April 02, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh faced the death penalty for the 2002 kidnapping and murder of a Wall Street Journal reporter. A court in Pakistan reduced his sentence to seven years.