Convict of US journalist's Killing shifted to Karachi Prison
'Pakistan Times' National News Desk

KARACHI: A British-born militant, sentenced to death for his role in the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl in Pakistan, was shifted Thursday to a new prison for security reasons, police said.

Ahmed Omar Sheikh was flown by helicopter from a jail in Hyderabad to Central Prison in Karachi, a Karachi police official said on condition of anonymity due to policy.

Sheikh was moved from Hyderabad, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) northwest of Karachi, for ``security reasons,'' the official said, without elaborating. ●