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| Briton to hang during royal visit | |
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| The scheduled execution of a Leeds man on death row in Pakistan will coincide with a planned visit by Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, officials say. | |
| Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, is due to be executed on 1 November for murdering a taxi driver in 1998. | |
| His brother has issued an urgent appeal for his life to be spared. | |
| Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall are due to meet President Pervez Musharraf during a visit to the country from 29 October to 3 November. | |
| The case has won the backing of UK and Euro MPs and Amnesty International, who have all urged Pakistan President Musharraf to quash the penalty. | |
| It's an opportunity for Pakistan to show that they are a progressive nation that want to be allies of this country Greg Mulholland, Leeds MP | |
| Mr Hussain has always claimed he was acting in self-defence, saying the taxi driver tried to sexually assault him. | Mr Hussain has always claimed he was acting in self-defence, saying the taxi driver tried to sexually assault him. |
| His conviction was overturned in Pakistan's High Court, but he was later retried by an Islamic court, which sentenced him to death. | His conviction was overturned in Pakistan's High Court, but he was later retried by an Islamic court, which sentenced him to death. |
| Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, said the visit could present an opportunity. | |
| He said: "I don't think that will be the message that Pakistan will want to send to the rest of the world. | |
| "It's an opportunity for Pakistan to show that they are a progressive nation that want to be allies of this country." |