(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF news alert: Karachi, July 19: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, today filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court challenging his conviction on July 16. The appeal was filed on his behalf by […]
(PPF/IFEX) – The following is a PPF news alert:
Karachi, July 19: Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, today filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court challenging his conviction on July 16.
The appeal was filed on his behalf by his lawyer, Abdul Waheed Katpar, who said he had “an excellent case for an appeal,” and that he was “100 percent sure” he would be successful, because the conviction was based on “fake, false and provenly planted evidence.”
Three other defendants – Salman Saqib, Sheikh Adil and Fahad Naseem – who were sentenced to life imprisonment, had already appealed against their conviction earlier in the week. The government has also filed an appeal, asking that the three who received life sentences also be handed the death penalty.
