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| Death row man's execution delayed | Death row man's execution delayed |
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| A Leeds man on death row in Pakistan for 18 years has been given a two-month stay of execution. | A Leeds man on death row in Pakistan for 18 years has been given a two-month stay of execution. |
| Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, was due to be hanged on 1 November for murdering a taxi driver in 1988. A new execution date has been set for 31 December. | Mirza Tahir Hussain, 36, was due to be hanged on 1 November for murdering a taxi driver in 1988. A new execution date has been set for 31 December. |
| Prince Charles, who was due to be in Pakistan on the day of the execution, had expressed his concerns. | Prince Charles, who was due to be in Pakistan on the day of the execution, had expressed his concerns. |
| Mirza Hussain's brother Amjad, who has campaigned for a pardon, said the family's "torture" continued. | Mirza Hussain's brother Amjad, who has campaigned for a pardon, said the family's "torture" continued. |
| He told BBC News: "Obviously I'm grateful to his Royal Highness making that clemency plea and obviously it's fallen on deaf ears. | He told BBC News: "Obviously I'm grateful to his Royal Highness making that clemency plea and obviously it's fallen on deaf ears. |
| It is a continuation of the torture and the agony, it is not a solution Amjad Hussain, brother | |
| "They're not going to execute my brother while Mr Musharraf takes his Royal Highness to dinner, but after that he will execute him maybe a month or two months later. | "They're not going to execute my brother while Mr Musharraf takes his Royal Highness to dinner, but after that he will execute him maybe a month or two months later. |
| "Nobody asked for it to be delayed for two months, it's just basically a delay of execution. | "Nobody asked for it to be delayed for two months, it's just basically a delay of execution. |
| "It is a continuation of the torture and the agony. It is not a solution." | "It is a continuation of the torture and the agony. It is not a solution." |
| Sex assault claim | |
| It is the fourth stay of execution granted to Mr Hussain. | It is the fourth stay of execution granted to Mr Hussain. |
| Hussain was convicted in 1988 at the age of 18 of murdering the driver in the district of Chakwal. | |
| He had argued that the taxi driver tried to sexually assault him at gunpoint. In a scuffle, the gun went off and the driver was killed. | |
| The Lahore High Court acquitted him in 1996, but shortly afterwards it was declared that some of the offences came under Islamic law. | |
| The Federal Sharia Court reversed the decision of the High Court and meted out the death penalty to Hussain. |