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The Murder of Daniel Pearl

In February 2002 a videotape was released by extremists in Pakistan showing the murder of the US journalist. Daniel Pearl had been kidnapped in Karachi four weeks earlier.

In February 2002 a videotape was released by Islamist extremists in Pakistan showing the murder of the US journalist, Daniel Pearl. He had been kidnapped four weeks earlier in Karachi while on his way to interview a radical cleric. Farhana Haider has been speaking to Asra Nomani, Pearl's friend and colleague.

(Photo: Daniel Pearl and Asra Nomani in 1995. Credit: Asra Nomani)

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Wed 18 Feb 2015 08:50GMT
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