 ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal seeking the release of a Lebanese man accused of hijacking a Pan American aircraft after the court was told that Lebanon had acknowledged the nationality of the hijacker but had not sent his travel documents. In the last hearing the court had asked the federal government to submit a reply in a habeas corpus petition of Jamal Saeed Abdul Rahim alias Fahad Ali, who claimed to be a Palestinian. He was arrested by FIA on September 5, 1986 for his involvement in the hijacking of the American airliner. In his appeal, the hijacker had said that he was serving time even though he had completed his life sentence.
| That would imply he's dead, wouldn't it? |
On Friday, Deputy Attorney General Nasir Saeed Sheikh told the court that earlier no country had been willing to accept the convict and his nationality had been in doubt, but Lebanon had finally accepted Jamal Saeed as a national. |