May 16 – A second FBI agent testifies on the authenticity of the murder video. May 14 - The video of the slaying is shown in court. May 11 – The US Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) computer expert provides evidence regarding the email in court. May 9 - The Supreme Court dismisses the plea of the defense. The defense refuses to attend the hearing and files a petition in the Supreme Court against the change in venue.
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Authorities also name seven other men in connection to the crime and declared them absconders.Īpril 22 - The trial begins in the ATC and is presided over by judge Abdul Ghafoor Memon.Īpril 25 - Memon is replaced by judge Ashraf Ali Khan.Īpril 30 – The Sindh High Court orders that the trial be relocated to the Hyderabad Prison from Karachi. March 22 - Police lay formal charges against the four men for kidnapping, murder and terrorism. Three of the men confess to sending the emails to WSJ, while a taxi driver, also brought to court, identifies Omar as the man he saw meeting Pearl on Jan. March 1-10 - All four accused are produced in court. Thereafter, a search is launched for the body. It shows Pearl’s last moments, before he is beheaded. The men are believed to have sent the emails to WSJ from a local cyber café.įebruary 12 – Police announce the arrest of Sheikh Omar in Lahore and fly him to Karachi.įebruary 14 - Authorities produce Omar in an Anti-Terrorism Court in Karachi, where he makes a startling statement: “As far as I know, Pearl is already dead.”įebruary 21 - A video-tape is delivered to the US consulate in Karachi. This time the group threatens to kill the journalist if their demands are not met within 24 hours.įebruary 5 – The British Pakistan, Sheikh Omar, hands himself over to authorities in Lahore, which is reportedly confirmed by his uncle, a district court judge.įebruary 11 – The police in Karachi arrest Salman Saqib, Adil Sheikh and Fahad Nasim.
January 30 - The WSJ is emailed a new image of Pearl. The group emails a picture of Pearl with a gun pointed to his head and demands the release of militants belonging to the Taliban and other Pakistani terror outfits. January 27 - The US-based publication Wall Street Journal (WSJ) receives an e-mail from an unknown group, which calls itself the National Movement for Restoration of Pakistan's Sovereignty. January 23 – Daniel Pearl, an American journalist, goes missing in Karachi after he sets off to meet a little-known militant leader, Mubarak Shah Gilani. KARACHI: Senior journalist Mazhar Abbas, who has been following the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl since 2002, lists down the chronology of events after the journalists went missing: 2002
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