February 7, 2002

Lifting of ban on Indian TV channels demanded

KARACHI- Cable operators have urged the government to withdraw ban imposed on Indian entertainment channels or otherwise they will shutdown business in the country. At a meeting of cable operators

30 held in Pearl case, 8 being questioned

ISLAMABAD- The government has arrested 30 persons in connection with the kidnapping of Daniel Pearl, The Wall Street Journal journalist, missing since January 23. In an inter-provincial meeting presided over

4 detained in hunt for Pearl in Islamabad

ISLAMABAD- The capital police has detained at least four suspects here as part of investigations into the kidnapping of Wall Street Journal’s reporter. Daniel Pearl, an official source said. Two

Pearl kidnap suspect has links with India

KARACHI- Pakistan police and FBI are hunting for a British national, Sheikh Ahmed Omar Saeed, the alleged mastermind behind the Pearl kidnapping, whose links with at least one member of

Jaish denies link to Pearl’s abduction

MUZAFFARAD- Jaish-e-Mohammad militant outfit on Wednesday denied any link to the kidnapping of US reporter Daniel Pearl. “We have no link with the kidnapping of the US reporter or with

Arab arrested in US journalist case

RAWALPINDI- Local police arrested an Arab said to be involved in the kidnapping of US journalist Daniel Pearl here on Wednesday night. Police along with the FBI was interrogating him

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