The hearing of three appeals, two each by accused and one by the State, the in kidnapping and murder case of Daniel Pearl was adjourned indefinitely here on Wednesday by an Anti-Terrorism Appellate (ATA) bench of the High Court of Sindh comprising Justice Qaiser Iqbal and Justice Syed Mahmood Alam Rizvi. One of the appeals was filed by Ahmed Omar Shaikh, challenging the death sentence awarded to him by ATC V for Karachi. The second appeal was filed by co-accused Fahad Naseem, Salman Saquib and Adil Shaikh who were sentenced to life imprisonment. The third appeal was filed by the State through Advocate General Sindh (AGS), seeking the enhancement of the sentence (life imprisonment unto death).
When the appeals came up for hearing, the bench noted that the Special Public Prosecutor in this case, Raja Qureshi advocate, was on general adjournment till Feb 01. The bench then put off the hearing of the appeals to a date to be fixed later by the office of the court.