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Pakistan to challenge acquittal in 2002 killing of US journalist Daniel Pearl

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The Pakistani foreign minister said on Saturday that the government will file an appeal against a court decision acquitting the man accused of the 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.“It has been decided to file an appeal against the decision in the Supreme Court,” Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said in a statement.The US had expressed concerns over the decision, which Qureshi said were “natural”.“It is now up to the court either to dismiss or (uphold) the appeal,”…



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