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Musharraf delays Pakistan-born Briton's execution |
2006-05-24 |
President Pervez Musharraf postponed the execution of a British man for a month on Tuesday in order to give his family the chance to reach a settlement with the family of a taxi driver he was convicted of murdering 18 years ago, Reuters reported. Mirza Tahir Hussain, who is of Pakistani descent, had been set to face the gallows in early June until President Musharraf's intervention following appeals from the British government, European Parliament and the convicted man's family. Musharraf, in response to the appeal from the family, had ordered a one-month postponement from June 1, Tasnim Aslam, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, told Reuters. "During this time, they (Hussain's family) are to work out some mutually agreed arrangement with the family of the victim." Under the Islamic Shariat, heirs of a victim may pardon a murderer in return for |
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