The Pakistan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to shift Omar Sheikh, the killer of American journalist Daniel Pearl, to a government rest house from Karachi prison, reported Dawn.

The report also said the court asked the government to remove him from the death cell in the prison. The government was also ordered to provide security in the rest house where he would be shifted.

In its order, the court directed the government to implement its order in the next two-three days. However, he would not be given access to phone calls and the internet.

On 28 January, the apex court acquitted him in the murder case of American journalist Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal journalist. at the time. Meanwhile, the government also informed the Supreme Court that the Sindh High Court prohibited the government from issuing any further detention order without prior approvals from the high court.

The acquittal of Omer Sheikh prompted US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to raise the matter with Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi.