Pearl's remains could be home soon - official

The remains of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl could soon be returned to his family after a Pakistani DNA test confirmed that a decapitated body found in the city of Karachi was his, a government official said today.

The remains have been kept in Karachi since they were discovered on May 27 in a shallow grave, said Mukhtar Ahmad, head of Sindh Province’s Home Department. Karachi is in Sindh.