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Ahmad Omar Shaikh shifted to Hyderabad Jail
| And he didn't escape? That's surprising... |
 Shaikh Omar, the convict in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in 2002, was transferred to Hyderabad Central Jail from Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi on Monday, jail sources said. The British national, whose full name is Ahmed Omar Saeed Shaikh, had been taken to Rawalpindi last Jan 18. He was flown first to Karachi from Islamabad and then, by helicopter, to Hyderabad, said Shahab Siddiqui, said the assistant superintendent of the Hyderabad Central Jail, where security has been tightened. Shaikh Omar had been sentenced to death on July 15, 2002, by a special judge of the anti-terrorism court of Hyderabad.
| Still waiting for him to swing... |
His three convicted partners in the case, Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and Shaikh Adil, who received life imprisonments, are already lodged in the jail.
Posted by: Fred 2005-01-11 |
