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All Stories for Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl murder case: Pakistan Supreme Court orders release of prime suspect Omar Saeed Sheikh
• 4 years agoPearl, the South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story on the links between the ISI and Al-Qaeda
It's been nineteen years, and I’m still haunted by the murder of Daniel Pearl
• 4 years agoPakistan has its own system of indefinite detention and house arrest, where terrorists are kept far from the prying eyes of courts and the media
US slams Pakistan court for overturning death sentence of convict in Daniel Pearl murder case, calls it 'affront' to victims of terror
• 5 years agoThe US on Friday criticised a Pakistani court for overturning the death sentence of British-born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, who was convicted in the abduction and murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl.
Daniel Pearl killing: Pakistani court overturns death sentence of prime accused Ahmed Omar Sheikh, acquits three others
• 5 years agoPearl, the 38-year-old South Asia bureau chief for The Wall Street Journal, was abducted and beheaded while he was in Pakistan investigating a story on the alleged links between the country's powerful spy agency ISI and al-Qaeda. Sheikh was arrested from Lahore in February 2002 and sentenced to death five months later by an anti-terrorism court.
Daniel Pearl killing: Two Pakistan Taliban militants arrested by counter-terrorism officials from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• 6 years agoPearl, who was the South Asia Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, was kidnapped and later beheaded by terrorists in Pakistan.
Rajkummar Rao plays Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh in Omerta; All you need to know about his character
Fp Staff • 7 years agoIn Omerta, Rajkummar Rao plays Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British terrorist of Pakistani descent with links to militant groups.
Donald Trump supporter defends his golfing habits by calling out Barack Obama on CNN, fails spectacularly
Fp Staff • 8 years agoTrump Supporter Kayleigh McEnany makes quite the blunder on CNN while trying to defend Donald Trump's golfing habits
Omerta first look: Hansal Mehta, Rajkummar Rao team up again for this intriguing looking film
Fp Staff • 8 years agoOmerta will follow the life of the British born terrorist Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, known for his involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, and his links to various Islamist organisations.
Quetta attack: A primer on Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, who allegedly carried out strike
Fp Staff • 8 years agoPakistan on Tuesday mourned the killing of at least 61 people in a brutal gun and suicide bomb assault on a police academy, the deadliest attack on a security installation in the country's history.
Muhammad Ali's flaws make him an even truer hero, why do we need to whitewash him?
Sreemoy Talukdar • 9 years agoThe picture that emerges of Ali is of a human being in all his complexity. Dazzlingly brilliant, supremely confident, heroic in fight for his belief and against a disease that affected his body but failed to cripple his will and yet a man who is imperfect, inflammatory and outrageous. Why should that prevent us from celebrating his life?