Charles raises Briton death row case with Pak leaders
Islamabad: Britain’s
Prince Charles met Pakistan’s leaders on Monday to praise the country’s counter-terrorism efforts, discuss Muslim-Christian
relations and raise the case of a Briton on death row,
officials said.
Charles’ five-day trip — his first to this South Asian nation — has been billed by British and Pakistan officials as a bid to boost bilateral cultural, economic and education relations as well as promote Charles’
efforts to strengthen interfaith dialogue.
But the royal visit, which started with Charles arriving with his wife, Camilla, in the capital, Islamabad, late Sunday, is also expected to focus on efforts backed by the Prince of Wales to seek clemency for a British man of Pakistani origin who is on death row in a Pakistani prison.
Charles raised the issue of Mirza Tahir Hussain, who has been convicted in the 1988 killing of a taxi driver, with Pakistani President Gen Pervez Musharraf as the pair walked to the prince’s car following their official meeting, a senior Pakistani diplomat said.-AP
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