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Daniel Pearl: ISI's hand in early release of convict Omar Sheikh suspected

Apr 03, 2020, at 12:05 pm

A Pakistan court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of militant Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh- who was convicted 18 years ago for abducting and murdering the South Asia bureau chief of The Wall Street Journal- to seven years and now a certain section of the media has hinted at the role played by Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and interior minister  Brigadier Ijaz Shah in the episode.

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