Pakistan’s dedication to penalizing those involved in fear acts remains suspect
Thursday’s ruling by the Sindh High Court that reversed the conviction of Omar Saeed Sheikh, and 3 others, of killing American journalist Daniel Pearl, for absence of evidence is outrageous in its utter disregard for criminal jurisprudence. Pearl, then South Asian Bureau Chief of The Wall Street Journal, was abducted in Karachi in January 2002, in an operation handled