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Daniel Pearl murder: Pakistan orders Omar Sheikh off death row

Sheikh will be moved to a 'safe house'

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Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh. Pic/AFP

Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh. Pic/AFP

Pakistan's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Pakistani-British man acquitted of the 2002 gruesome beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl off death row and moved to a government “safe house."

Ahmad Saeed Omar Sheikh, who has been on death row for 18 years will be under guard and won't be allowed to leave the safe house, but he will be able to have his wife and children visit him.

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