ISLAMABAD: The
Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday fixed the hearing of the US journalist
Daniel Pearl murder case for June 29.

A three-member bench
of the top court will hear the Sindh government and Daniel Pearl parents plea
seeking suspension of the Sindh High Court’s (SHC) judgment regarding
acquitting/ releasing the accused in Daniel Pearl’s murder case on Monday.

Last week, the Sindh
government had approached the Supreme Court of Pakistan for early hearing of
its petition to suspend the Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict in the US journalist
Daniel Pearl’s murder case.

In an application
moved in the apex court, the provincial government requested the Supreme Court
to fix its appeal against the Sindh High Court (SHC) verdict in the US
journalist Daniel Pearl’s murder case next week for hearing.

The provincial
government stated that all documents related to the case had been completed and
submitted to the court as per the orders issued by the apex court in the murder
case.

Earlier on June 1,
the Supreme Court turned down a request to suspend the operation of the Sindh
High Court (SHC) verdict in the US journalist Daniel Pearl murder case.

A three-judge bench
of the apex court was hearing appeals filed by the Sindh government and the parents
of the killed journalist Daniel Pearl challenging the SHC’s April 2 verdict
that overturned the sentences of four convicts in the murder case.

Justice Manzor
Malik, a member of the bench, remarked that the US journalist’s kidnapping
needs to be proven first with the help of evidence that must show the person
kidnapped was Daniel Pearl.

It is pertinent to
mention here that the Sindh High Court (SHC) in its verdict on April 2 had
overturned the sentences of four convicts in the case of the slain US journalist
Daniel Pearl.

Newspaper: Business Recorder