Mirza Hussain has been in jail for 18 years
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A Liberal Democrat MEP will appeal face-to-face to Pakistan's President Musharraf to spare the life of a Leeds man on death row.
Mirza Hussain, who has dual UK-Pakistan nationality, was convicted of murdering a taxi driver in Pakistan in 1988.
After his conviction was overturned and reinstated twice, he was sentenced to be hanged on 1 June, his 38th birthday.
Meanwhile a letter urging clemency from the Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett has been delivered to the President.
MEP Sajjad Karim is to meet President Musharraf in Islamabad next week and will make a personal appeal for Mr Hussain to be spared.
He said: "Although I don't want to raise hopes, I am encouraged by signals from the Pakistani side."
Three Leeds MPs - International Development Secretary Hilary Benn, John Battle and Greg Mulholland - have all appealed for clemency.
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