The suspect in relation to the 2002 murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl is arrested

According to Popyah, Qari Abdul Hayee, the suspect in connection with the brutal 2002 murder of Wall Street Journal correspondent Daniel Pearl, was arrested in the city of Karachi on Sunday (March 17, 2013). He is under interrogation and then will be handed over to Pakistani police. Hayee, also known as Asadullah, was the former president of the Sindh province's chapter of extremist organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi's. He was identified as one of 27 people allegedly involved in Pearl's kidnapping in a special investigation by Georgetown University called The Pearl Project in 2011. Officials said that they do not believe Abdul Hayee carried out the murder but was “privy” to information.