KARACHI: A Pakistani court has overturned the death sentence of a British-born militant convicted 18 years ago in the kidnapping and beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl, drawing outrage in the United States.
Pearl’s brutal murder sparked international revulsion in early 2002, putting pressure on Pakistan’s military government just as it was trying to remake its image following years of backing for the hardline Islamist Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
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