Daniel Pearl murder SHC overturns death sentence of Omer Saeed.

KARACHI -- Sindh High Court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh, the man found guilty of the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Instead, the court found Sheikh guilty of the lesser charge of kidnapping and sentenced him to seven years in prison. One of his lawyers, Khwaja Naveed claimed he could go free unless the government chooses to challenge the court decision. Saeed has already spent 18 years in prison on death row.

The seven-year sentence was expected to be counted as time served, said Naveed. The Sindh High Court also acquitted three...

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