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  • Daniel Pearl case prosecution lawyer resigns

    11/09/2002 3:52:18 PM PST · by knighthawk · 6 replies · 141+ views
    The Times of India ^ | November 9 2002 | Reuters
    KARACHI: Raja Qureshi, chief prosecutor in the Pakistani case of slain US reporter Daniel Pearl, has resigned from his post for undisclosed reasons. He submitted a letter late on Friday to the government announcing his decision to resign as the advocate general of the southern Sindh province, but he denied rumours the resignation had been prompted by written threats against him. "Whatever the reasons are, I will give them to the authorities," Qureshi said in Karachi. He helped secure the conviction of British-born Islamic militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, known as Sheikh Omar, and three accomplices for the murder of...