Pakistani police surround handcuffed Omar Sheikh as he comes out of a court on March 29, 2002, in port city of Karachi. (Photo credit: AAMIR QURESHI/AFP via Getty Images) ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan’s Supreme Court ordered the release Thursday of a Pakistani-British man convicted and later acquitted in the beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl in 2002.The court also dismissed an appeal of Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh's acquittal by Pearl’s family and the Pakistani government.