Tony Blinken dials Pak FM Qureshi, seeks accountability in Daniel Pearl's murder case"Blinken and Qureshi discussed how to ensure accountability for convicted terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and others responsible for the ...
30 Jan, 2021, 12.13 PM IST
Pak SC orders release of prime suspect in Daniel Pearl murderThe apex court dismissed the Sindh government's appeal against the Sindh High Court's (SHC) decision to overturn the conviction of Sheikh f...
29 Jan, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
Omar Sheikh: from private schoolboy to militant kidnapperBorn in London in 1973 to a prosperous Pakistani garment merchant, Omar was given the best education, including enrolment at a private prim...
28 Jan, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
Lawyer seeks to free man acquitted in Daniel Pearl's killingPearl's family and the Pakistani government have appealed the acquittal to the Supreme Court, which resumed its hearing this week. A decisi...
06 Jan, 2021, 08.06 PM IST
- US says it won't allow Daniel Pearl murder suspect to evade justice
The warning from acting U.S. Attorney General Jeffrey Rosen comes days after the Sindh High Court in Pakistan's south overturned a governme...
30 Dec, 2020, 06.44 PM IST
US expresses 'deep concern' over Pakistan court's order to release accused in Daniel Pearl caseIn a surprise move, a two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court on Thursday directed security agencies not to keep Sheikh and other accused u...
25 Dec, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
Pakistani court orders release of man charged in Daniel Pearl killingThe Sindh High Court's order overturns a Supreme Court decision in September that Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh should remain in custody, while a...
24 Dec, 2020, 03.33 PM IST
Pakistan slips further in Press Freedom Index as scribes face threatsThe list of violations includes the killing of seven journalists, two abduction cases, nine detention cases, eight instances of frivolous l...
05 May, 2020, 02.31 PM IST
Sindh govt moves Pak SC against acquittals in Daniel Pearl murder casePearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigatin...
23 Apr, 2020, 01.12 PM IST
Pakistan re-arrests four men acquitted in Daniel Pearl murder caseWall Street Journal reporter Pearl, 38, was investigating Islamist militants in the city of Karachi, the capital of Sindh, after the Sept. ...
03 Apr, 2020, 03.12 PM IST
US slams Pakistan court's verdict in Daniel Pearl murder case, calls it 'affront' to victims of terrorismThe US' response comes after the Sindh High Court on Thursday found the 46-year-old Sheikh guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and co...
03 Apr, 2020, 10.18 AM IST
BJP, Congress in war of words over Rahul's "Masood Azhar ji" commentGandhi noted it was Azhar who was responsible for the killing of 40 CRPF soldiers in the Pulwama attack on February 14.
11 Mar, 2019, 10.15 PM IST
Narrative against terrorism gets lost in cacophony of mike-wielding warriorsThese two paragraphs were not penned after the February 14 terrorist attack on a CRPF convoy that left 40 men dead and outraged India.
04 Mar, 2019, 10.43 AM IST
'Omerta' review: A brutal and nerve-wracking tale of terrorismThe dialogues and visuals in the film will make you wince and squirm.
04 May, 2018, 02.21 PM IST
Pakistan foils attempt to free Daniel Pearl murderer, arrests 97 militantsPakistan Army today said it has arrested nearly 100 militants and foiled an imminent jailbreak attempt to free top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Om...
12 Feb, 2016, 06.27 PM IST
Air India starts ladder point checking for Kabul flights after hijacking alert by IB"The ladder-point checking at the Delhi airport is done by CISF personnel and the local security in Kabul does the checking there," an Air ...
07 Jan, 2015, 01.16 PM IST
Former ISI chief Ahmed Shuja Pasha knew of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan: New York TimesFormer ISI chief Lt Gen Ahmed Shuja Pasha knew of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan and LeT founder Hafiz Saeed was in regular contact ...
19 Mar, 2014, 06.13 PM IST