Omar Sheikh was locked up last night in an isolation...

Omar Sheikh was locked up last night in an isolation cell in the Hyderabad central jail, a grim British-built limestone edifice that holds more than 4,000 prisoners near the heart of the city.
There he will remain until he is hanged, or freed on appeal, this autumn.
Like the 78 other condemned inmates on the jail's death row, he will have an armed guard posted permanently outside his cell and will be allowed to meet only close family members once a week.
He will be fed lentils and bread and must wear a prison uniform of white cotton shirt and cotton pyjama trousers. He will be allowed to exercise for about 30 minutes each day.
The death sentence is common in Pakistan. More than 200 prisoners were executed in 2001, for crimes ranging from murder to sedition. Executions are always by hanging and take place in front of prison officials and a doctor. No other witnesses are allowed.
Omar Sheikh's lawyer, Rai Bashir, said that he would lodge an appeal against the sentence in the High Court within the stipulated seven days. If that appeal is rejected, Omar Sheikh can go to the Pakistani Supreme Court. The defence team agreed that they would try to prolong the appeal process for as long as they can.
The Pakistani President has the authority to commute death sentences to life imprisonment.
If Omar Sheikh is hanged, his body should immediately be returned to his family for burial. The concern for the security authorities, however, is that his funeral could become a rally for thousands of Islamic militants and spill over into street violence.
On the streets of Lahore, where Omar Sheikh lived with his wife and young son, there was anger from young militants, who dismissed yesterday's trial as a foregone conclusion. Yet ordinary Pakistanis appeared to have no sympathy for the British-born Islamic militant, and businessmen supported the death sentence, saying that it would improve Pakistan's image abroad as being tough on terrorism.
Shehzad Suhail, 25, a student in the southern city of Multan, said that all those involved in Pearl's murder deserved the death penalty. "A large number of foreigners left Pakistan after the killing," he said.