Thread by @AsraNomani

1/ NEWS FLASH. From @SaeedShah @WSJ: “Pakistani authorities were seeking new legal means to continue to detain the man convicted in 2002 as the mastermind of the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, officials said.”
wsj.com/articles/pakis…

2/ “...Faiz Shah, the prosecutor general for the southern province of Sindh, where the case was heard Thursday, said that Mr. Sheikh would remain behind bars. He said that an earlier ruling by the Supreme Court would be used to ensure that.” The order: drive.google.com/file/d/189W34o…

3/ Writes @WSJ @SaeedShah:
“He will be detained,” said Sindh prosecutor Faiz Shah.

“Pakistan, which faces possible intl financial sanctions over lax controls on terrorist groups in the country, has been embarrassed by the resurfacing of the Pearl case...analysts say.”

4/ “Time has not erased the pain or outrage we feel that Danny Pearl, a talented journalist and beloved colleague, was kidnapped and brutally murdered simply for doing his job,” said Matt Murray, @WSJ editor in chief.

Thank you to the WSJ for contributing to the legal defense.

5/ If you’d like to contribute to the legal defense fund for Danny Pearl, @DPearlProject is raising funds. Danny’s family @yudapearl thank @WSJ @RSF_inter @RSF_en @mediadefence @pressfreedom for donating to #JusticeforDanielPearl 🙏🏼

Please donate here: unitedcharitable.org/fsp_daf/the-pe…🙏🏽

6/ Here is the Pearlpedia we have created with key documents in the court case. Please contact me at [e-mail] or direct message me here, if we can help you with the case or if you’d like to support this case. drive.google.com/drive/folders/…