WASHINGTON?The State Department said Wednesday it is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.

A high-ranking Pakistani diplomat said Wednesday in Islamabad that Pakistan does not object to handing the chief suspect in Pearl’s killing, who is in custody in Pakistan, over to the United States, but that certain legal issues must be resolved first.

Several others are believed to be involved in the kidnapping and murder of Pearl, according to U.S. and Pakistani officials.

The Pakistani officials have said they are still searching for at least four other key suspects in the Jan. 23 abduction of Pearl. Altogether, there are more than a dozen suspects in the case. The main target of a police manhunt is now Amjad Faruqi, who Pakistani police believe carried out Pearl’s kidnapping.