Pearl murder suspect was our worker: Al Akhtar

KARACHI: Al Akhtar Trust, whose assets were frozen by the US after designating it a terrorist support organization, admitted on Thursday that the absconding suspect in Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s murder had been working with it briefly. “Saud Memon (alleged financier of the kidnappers and killers of Daniel Pearl, now absconding) was our worker when we launched this organisation three years ago,” Al-Akhtar Trust vice president Mohammed Ibrahim said at a press conference. “He stopped visiting us after a few months and then formally resigned.” —Staff Report

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