ISLAMABAD—Pakistan’s top court agreed Monday to listen to arguments that a demise sentence ought to be reinstated on the British national accused of orchestrating the kidnapping and kill of Wall Avenue Journal reporter Daniel Pearl after a lower court overturned his conviction earlier this yr.
The Supreme Courtroom ordered that Omar Sheikh proceed to be detained for now. The destiny of Mr. Sheikh, who was once sentenced to demise in 2002 for orchestrating the kidnapping and killing of Mr. Pearl, has become a necessary litmus test of Pakistan’s…
