By Ali Imran
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Thursday heard an appeal of the Sindh government in Daniel Pearl murder case. A three-judge bench of the apex court headed by Justice Mushir Alam, hearing appeals filed by the Sindh government and parents of Daniel Pearl challenging the April 02 Sindh High Court verdict that overturned the sentences of four convicts in the case.
Farooq H. Naik representing the Sindh government continued his arguments on third day of the hearing. Naik spelled out the statements of taxi driver Nasir Abbas, Hayat Ali and Citizens Police Liaison Committee (CPLC) chief Jameel Yousuf before the court.
Sindh’s counsel argued that in the light of the incidents Ahmed Omer Saeed Shaikh has been the main accused. “This is not a case in which dead body or the weapon of the crime expected to be recovered. It is a blind murder, we have to keep the sequence of incidents to reach to a result,” the counsel said.
“Taxi driver’s testimony is the final constitutional evidence of this case,” Naik argued. “The taxi driver had last time saw Daniel Pearl with Ahmed Omer Shaikh,” Sindh government’s lawyer said in his arguments. The court adjourned further hearing of the case till Tuesday when Naik will resume his arguments.
