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US suspends Pakistan talks in killer diplomat row
Posted Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:31pm AEDT
The US has suspended all high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan over its refusal to grant diplomatic immunity to an American official.
Raymond Davis has been in prison since last month when he admitted to killing two men who he said tried to rob him in the city of Lahore.
Congress is threatening to cut off Pakistan's aid because Davis is a US embassy employee and should be immune from prosecution.
US Congressman Silvestre Reyes says reports that he may have been a spy on an espionage mission are irrelevant.
"I don't know what his job is, but I do know that he had diplomatic status. The issue of what he was doing at the time is not an issue for the government," he said.
"He was accosted by two criminals, known criminals with criminal records. He protected himself."
Tags: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, pakistan, united-states
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/129348/world/raymond-davis-row-strains-us-pakistan-ties.html
Raymond Davis row takes a new turn in Pakistan
Headlines Today Bureau | Islamabad, February 10, 2011 | Updated 18:39 IST
Utilities
Protest against Raymond Davis.
In a dramatic twist to the Raymond Davis case, Pakistan is now contesting his status as an American diplomat. Reports coming out in Pakistan media have termed Davis an American spy.
According to investigation reports, Davis has been found in possession of certain photographs of sensitive areas in Lahore. Raymond has been found in possession of pictures of former army fort at Waris Road, Badian border and Wagah border area. He is also said to have captured pictures of Pakistan army installations.
Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot and killed two men who, he claimed, were trying to rob him.
Meanwhile, the issue has even cast a serious shadow over US-Pak ties with Obama administration putting pressure on Pakistan to release Davis.
The US has even stopped dialogue with Pakistan and is even considering halting the billion-dollar aid tap in order to force Islamabad to release the diplomat.
US suspends Pakistan talks in killer diplomat row
Posted Thu Feb 10, 2011 1:31pm AEDT
The US has suspended all high-level bilateral talks with Pakistan over its refusal to grant diplomatic immunity to an American official.
Raymond Davis has been in prison since last month when he admitted to killing two men who he said tried to rob him in the city of Lahore.
Congress is threatening to cut off Pakistan's aid because Davis is a US embassy employee and should be immune from prosecution.
US Congressman Silvestre Reyes says reports that he may have been a spy on an espionage mission are irrelevant.
"I don't know what his job is, but I do know that he had diplomatic status. The issue of what he was doing at the time is not an issue for the government," he said.
"He was accosted by two criminals, known criminals with criminal records. He protected himself."
Tags: world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, crime, murder-and-manslaughter, pakistan, united-states
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/129348/world/raymond-davis-row-strains-us-pakistan-ties.html
Raymond Davis row takes a new turn in Pakistan
Headlines Today Bureau | Islamabad, February 10, 2011 | Updated 18:39 IST
Utilities
Protest against Raymond Davis.
In a dramatic twist to the Raymond Davis case, Pakistan is now contesting his status as an American diplomat. Reports coming out in Pakistan media have termed Davis an American spy.
According to investigation reports, Davis has been found in possession of certain photographs of sensitive areas in Lahore. Raymond has been found in possession of pictures of former army fort at Waris Road, Badian border and Wagah border area. He is also said to have captured pictures of Pakistan army installations.
Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot and killed two men who, he claimed, were trying to rob him.
Meanwhile, the issue has even cast a serious shadow over US-Pak ties with Obama administration putting pressure on Pakistan to release Davis.
The US has even stopped dialogue with Pakistan and is even considering halting the billion-dollar aid tap in order to force Islamabad to release the diplomat.