DANIEL PEARL CASE: LAWYERS OF SHEIKH & HIS AIDES FILE PLEA AGAINST REFUSAL OF PAK AUTHORITIES

Highlights

• The Sindh High Court in Pakistan had overturned a government detention order that Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, who was convicted in the murder case should remain in custody

• The lawyers for Sheikh and his three aides have filed an appeal in the Sindh High Court and have demanded contempt proceedings against the provincial and jail authorities

• A two-judge bench of the Sindh High Court dec....