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<p>A Pakistan court on Thursday <a href="https://www.wionews.com/south-asia/pakistan-court-commutes-death-sentence-of-prime-accused-in-daniel-pearl-murder-case-290025">commuted the death sentence of the prime accused</a> in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh will now serve seven years in prison, as per the Sindh High Court's latest verdict.</p>

<p>The two-judge bench commuted the sentence citing no proof against the murder charged hence he was sentenced for kidnapping only.</p>

<p>Sheikh, who was born in Britain and studied at the London School of Economics, was arrested in India in the 1990s for his involvement in the kidnapping of western tourists in 1994.</p>

<p>He was one of three men released from an Indian prison after militants hijacked an Indian airliner in late 1999 and flew it to Afghanistan, where the then-ruling Taliban regime helped negotiate an exchange with the Indian government officials.</p>

<p>He is most well known for his role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal South Asia Bureau Chief&nbsp;Daniel Pearl who is in Pakistan for investigation after 9/11 attacks.</p>

<p>On February 12, Pakistani police arrested Saeed in Lahore, in connection with the Pearl kidnapping. In July he was sentenced to death by&nbsp;a special judge of anti-terrorism court Syed Ali Ashraf Shah for the journalist's murder.</p>

<p>Interestingly, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stated that Saeed was originally recruited by British intelligence agency, MI6, while he was studying at the London School of Economics, in his book&nbsp;the Line of Fire.</p>

<p>Musharraf also&nbsp;alleged that Saeed was sent to the Balkans by MI6 to engage in jihadi operations and&nbsp;"At some point, he probably became a rogue or double agent".</p>


A Pakistan court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of the prime accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

A Pakistan court on Thursday commuted the death sentence of the prime accused in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of the Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh will now serve seven years in prison, as per the Sindh High Court's latest verdict. The two-judge bench commuted the sentence citing no proof against the murder charged hence he was sentenced for kidnapping only. Sheikh, who was born in Britain and studied at the London School of Economics, was arrested in India in the 1990s for his involvement in the kidnapping of western tourists in 1994. He was one of three men released from an Indian prison after militants hijacked an Indian airliner in late 1999 and flew it to Afghanistan, where the then-ruling Taliban regime helped negotiate an exchange with the Indian government officials. He is most well known for his role in the 2002 kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal South Asia Bureau Chief Daniel Pearl who is in Pakistan for investigation after 9/11 attacks. On February 12, Pakistani police arrested Saeed in Lahore, in connection with the Pearl kidnapping. In July he was sentenced to death by a special judge of anti-terrorism court Syed Ali Ashraf Shah for the journalist's murder. Interestingly, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stated that Saeed was originally recruited by British intelligence agency, MI6, while he was studying at the London School of Economics, in his book the Line of Fire. Musharraf also alleged that Saeed was sent to the Balkans by MI6 to engage in jihadi operations and "At some point, he probably became a rogue or double agent".

Double agent or terrorist? Who is Pakistan's Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh

<p>Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said there is no support for the concept of independent Kashmir, in either Pakistan or India.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And that the idea had no basis in reality.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>Abbasi was speaking at the London School of Economics, at a &#39;Future of Pakistan 2017&#39; conference.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Abbasi added though that with regards to Kashmir, talks were the only way forward.&nbsp;</p>

<p>The prime minister added that his country was committed to fighting the &quot;menace&quot; of terror.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And that &quot;Pakistan is a country that is fighting terror for the world&quot;.</p>

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<p>Abbasi added though that there was &quot;an issue of automatic weapons&quot; in his country. And that &quot;there are 0.5 million automatic weapons in private hands in Pakistan&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Abbasi also touched upon the civilian-military relationship in his country.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;Our civil-military relations are evolving,&quot; Abbasi said. &quot;It has been tenuous in the past but (it) is evolving.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

<p>And he talked of the need to widen the tax base.&nbsp;</p>

<p>&quot;In a country of 200 million people, only 1.2 million pay taxes,&quot; he said.&nbsp;</p>

<p>On education, Abbasi said, the country&#39;s biggest achievement was that people were interested in it, they valued education.&nbsp;</p>

<p>And they were sending their children to school.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Abbasi also added that the &quot;women of Pakistan today are far ahead of men&quot;.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>To help bring in foreign investment, he said: &quot;No company has lost money in Pakistan.&quot;&nbsp;</p>

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&mdash; SouthAsia@LSE (@SAsiaLSE) <a href="https://twitter.com/SAsiaLSE/status/926868118743416832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<p>And finally ended with saying: &quot;Our relationship with China is close to the hearts of both countries.&quot;&nbsp;</p>


Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said there was no support for the idea in either Pakistan or India

Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has said there is no support for the concept of independent Kashmir, in either Pakistan or India. And that the idea had no basis in reality. No support for the concept of independent Kashmir, in either of the two countries. There is no basis in reality: Pak PM Abbasi #PakPMatLSE — SouthAsia@LSE (@SAsiaLSE) November 4, 2017 × Abbasi was speaking at the London School of Economics, at a 'Future of Pakistan 2017' conference. Abbasi added though that with regards to Kashmir, talks were the only way forward. The prime minister added that his country was committed to fighting the "menace" of terror. And that "Pakistan is a country that is fighting terror for the world". Pakistan is a country that is fighting terror for the world. We are committed to fighting that menace: Pak PM @lsesupakdev #Pak — SouthAsia@LSE (@SAsiaLSE) November 4, 2017 × Abbasi added though that there was "an issue of automatic weapons" in his country. And that "there are 0.5 million automatic weapons in private hands in Pakistan". Abbasi also touched upon the civilian-military relationship in his country. "Our civil-military relations are evolving," Abbasi said. "It has been tenuous in the past but (it) is evolving." And he talked of the need to widen the tax base. "In a country of 200 million people, only 1.2 million pay taxes," he said. On education, Abbasi said, the country's biggest achievement was that people were interested in it, they valued education. And they were sending their children to school. Abbasi also added that the "women of Pakistan today are far ahead of men". Women of Pak today are far ahead of men. We do have issues but there is commitment to resolve that: Pak PM #PakPMatLSE @lsesupakdev — SouthAsia@LSE (@SAsiaLSE) November 4, 2017 × To help bring in foreign investment, he said: "No company has lost money in Pakistan." No company has lost money in Pakistan: Pak PM Abbasi #LSEFOP17 #PakPMatLSE @lsesupakdev — SouthAsia@LSE (@SAsiaLSE) November 4, 2017 × And finally ended with saying: "Our relationship with China is close to the hearts of both countries."

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Double agent or terrorist? Who is Pakistan's Ahmed Omer Saeed Sheikh

No support for idea of independent Kashmir: Pakistan PM