US warns Pakistan not to release Daniel Pearl’s killer Omar Saeed

WASHINGTON: Distracted by internal political squabbles and the holiday season in his final weeks in office, the outgoing Triumph the administration still managed to focus on Pakistan trying to launch another terrorist, Omar Saeed, accused of murdering Daniel Pearl, Wall Street Journalist, from jail, warning that he is closely following the matter.
“We are deeply concerned by reports of the December 24 ruling by the Sindh High Court to release several terrorists responsible for the murder by Daniel Pearl. We have been assured that the defendants have not been released at this time. ” the State Department he said in a reading Thursday, without mentioning Saeed’s name.
A Pakistani court earlier this week ordered the release of the British-born terrorist who was accused of killing. WSJ South Asia correspondent Daniel Pearl in 2002 after government prosecutors failed to present the case against him, even though 18 years have passed since the gruesome murder. Sheikh was acquitted of the murder earlier this year but remained in jail after an appeal against that decision began.
But the Sindh High Court in Karachi ruled this week that Sheikh’s temporary detention was illegal and that he should be released soon.
However, the State Department became aware of the judicial mischief and practically asked that he remain in jail.
“We understand that this case is ongoing and we will follow closely. We continue to support the Pearl family through this extremely difficult process. We continue to honor Daniel Pearl’s legacy as a courageous journalist,” he tweeted.

Saeed is one of dozens of terrorists who flocked to Pakistan in the 1990s when she provided fertile ground and support for terrorism in an effort to harness their violence for political purposes. The policy, including support for the Taliban in Afghanistan, led to September 11, which also caused Islamabad to milk the situation for billions of dollars, as it gave it irregular access to the United States to go after the perpetrators.
Pakistan’s fortunes finally ran out during the Obama era and it was completely sidelined in the Trump years, also individual US lawmakers and special interests still tried to distribute aid to a country that has repeatedly bit the hand that feeds it . Last week, Pakistan was back in the news for a $ 25 million aid to promote democracy and gender studies included in the spending bill at a time when millions of Americans are in dire straits because of to the coronavirus pandemic.