Pakistan to keep British-born suspect in Daniel Pearl murder in jail

Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh (AP Photo/Zia Mazhar, File)

A British-born Pakistani man on death row over the 2002 killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl will remain in jail for another three months despite his acquittal by a lower court earlier this year, according to a government order.

The development was announced by prosecutors during a brief hearing of the high-profile case at Pakistan’s Supreme Court, which is to decide whether the key suspect in Mr Pearl’s murder, Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, should stay in jail following his acquittal.