| Submit your comments on this article | |
| India-Pakistan | |
| Britain asks Pakistan for details on Omar Sheikh’s appeal | |
| 2003-08-31 | |
Britain has asked Pakistan to provide the complete details of the appeal case of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, a British national who was convicted by a Pakistani anti-terrorist court in the Daniel Pearl murder case. Sources in the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry said the Foreign Affairs Ministry has forwarded a request from the British Embassy for consular access to Mr Sheikh who is being held at the Hyderabad Central Jail. A senior official at the ministry said they are considering the request for counsular access and a decision would be made after security clearance. He added that the ministry had asked the Sindh government to tell them about the progress of the appeal filed by Mr Sheikh. The official said the British government had also sent a letter for Mr Sheikh and it would be delivered to him.
| |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 The Brits owe us to have him taken out, and I don't mean escaping.... Not if the Foreign Office can help it. Britain's Foreign Office is kind of like an even more rabidly anti-American version of the State Department. Clientitis is their middle name. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2003-8-31 10:38:36 PM |
| #3 Some have claimed that Omar is the ISI's representative to Al Qaeda, or perhaps it's the other way around...anyways, I think he will have an unfortunate accident, or else he will spend year after year in a legal limbo, since he knows to much and must not be given the incentive to tell what he knows. |
| Posted by: Paul Moloney 2003-8-31 10:24:16 PM |
| #2 With respect to military tribunals for the GITMO folks, would it be possible to include Brit and Aussies officers? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-8-31 5:00:43 PM |
| #1 The Brits owe us to have him taken out, and I don't mean escaping.... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-8-31 1:16:01 PM |