Pakistani investigators hunting for kidnapped U.S. reporter Daniel Pearl, who disappeared two weeks ago, said on Wednesday they had established a link to the banned Islamic militant group Jaish-e-Mohammad. Police detained two men in Karachi late on Tuesday on suspicion of sending e-mails containing photographs of Pearl, a breakthrough they said quickly led by Jaish-e-Mohammad (Army of Mohammad), a militant group active in Kashmir.

"There is a connection to Jaish in Pearl's kidnapping. This lead we got from the two persons detained last night in Karachi," a senior police official said.
Jaish-e-Mohammad is one of the two Pakistani groups blamed by India for a bloody attack on its Parliament in New Delhi in December. Bureau Report