Islamabad: The Pakistan Supreme Court (SC) has fixed the Sindh government's plea for hearing on Monday (February 1) against the release of all accused involved in American Journalist Daniel Pearl murder case, reported The Express Tribune.
The three-judge bench led by Justice Umar Ata Bandial will take up the Sindh government's plea seeking a stay on the Sindh High Court (SHC) December 24 decision regarding the release of all accused persons.
SHC division bench on April 2 commuted the death sentence of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh to seven years and acquitted three others who were serving life terms.
Sindh provincial government has challenged the April 2 order in the Supreme Court.
The three-judge bench on January 25 issued notices to the Attorney General for Pakistan (AGP) and all advocate generals for legal assistance in the matter, reported The Express Tribune.
Earlier on last Monday's hearing, Sindh Advocate General Suleman Talibuddin claimed that the SHC's Dec 24 release order did not contain detailed reasons.
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"One of the findings recorded by the [SHC] short order is that the respondents [accused persons] are not 'enemy aliens' within the meaning of Article 10 (9) of the Constitution. Meaning of this term is hitherto judicially unexplained," Talibuddin said.