Pakistan delays Briton's execution: Jail officials

Pakistan has delayed the hanging of a British national by two months from its scheduled date of November 1.

Pakistan has delayed the hanging of a British national by two months from its scheduled date of November 1, when Prince Charles was due to visit the country, jail officials said on Thursday.

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Officials at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi said they had received a letter from President Pervez Musharraf's office ordering a two-month stay of execution for Mirza Tahir Hussain.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair had urged military ruler Musharraf to halt the hanging of 36-year-old Hussain, who has spent nearly half his life in a Pakistani jail for the murder of a taxi driver.