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    CIA contractor Raymond Davis freed from Pakistan jail on 'blood money'

    Up to 500 people rallied outside the headquarters of Jamaat-e-Islami party in Lahore on Friday, shouting “Hang Davis,” “US terrorism in Pakistan unacceptable” and “Friends of America are traitors.”

    In Karachi, activists from Jamaat-e-Islami and its youth wing Pasban held two rallies, burning the US flag and chanting “Death to Davis, death to America,” AFP reported Friday.

    “We are deeply disappointed over threats by the US government,” senior Jamaat-e-Islami leader Liaqat Baloch told the demonstrators.

    “The Raymond Davis incident has exposed the true face of America and has exposed Blackwater, which is behind bomb blasts on sacred Muslim places and shrines,” Baloch noted.

    Davis, 36, is under investigation for shooting dead two Pakistani men in Lahore last month.

    He has admitted he shot the men but says he acted in self-defense because they were trying to rob him.

    Pakistan's police say they have proof that it was cold-blooded murder.

    Meanwhile, a Pakistani court has extended his detention by two weeks.

    The court wants the government to clarify whether Davis has diplomatic status. The United States says as an embassy staffer Davis does have political immunity.

    The diplomatic spat over the arrest has threatened to derail relations between the US and Pakistan.

    Washington has said it would expel Pakistan's ambassador to the United States if Islamabad does not release Davis.

    http://www.presstv.ir/detail/164821.html

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    Court denies Davis' immunity application

    A Pakistani court rejected U.S. CIA contractor Raymond Davis' petition to be freed from jail on diplomatic immunity grounds in the killing of 2 Pakistani men.

    The provincial court in Lahore where Davis is being held in the Jan. 27 shootings, said Thursday neither he nor the Pakistani government had provided documentary evidence showing he is a diplomat, CNN reported, quoting an attorney for the families of the 2 slain men.

    Davis has said the shooting was in self-defense during an attempted robbery and the U.S. government has been pressing for his release on grounds of diplomatic immunity.

    The issue has deeply strained relations between the two countries with the Pakistani government insisting the issue is before the court which alone can decide it. Meanwhile, anti-U.S. feelings are running high in the country with protesters demanding the death penalty for Davis.

    The provincial court postponed the case until next Tuesday, allowing time for documentation of charges to be given Davis' lawyers.

    The proceedings were held behind closed doors at Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail in the court of additional district Judge Yousuf Aujla, other reports said.

    Separately, the Lahore high court has given the Pakistani government until March 14 to show whether Davis enjoys diplomatic immunity.

    (source: UPI)

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    US asks Pakistan to ensure Davis's safety

    Washington, March 5 : Washington has asked the Pakistan government "to do everything possible" for the safety of arrested US national Raymond Davis in the wake of threats to his life, a senior US government official said.

    "We are quite aware that he has received multiple death threats. We are concerned about his security, as we would be for any government official or prominent individual subject to those death threats. And we encourage the Government of Pakistan to do everything possible to provide for his security.

    "But beyond that, we won't comment," US State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said in a statement Friday.

    Asked for his reaction on reports suggesting that the US State Department had recommended that slain Pakistani christian minister Shahbaz Bhatti should have been given an armoured vehicle weeks before he was assassinated, Crowley said: "I will not comment on that other than to say that we shared our genuine concerns about his security, but beyond that, I won't comment."

    When asked if he could say whether any efforts that he would have recommended at the very least were held up by any snags in the US-Pakistani bilateral relationship, Crowley said: "I would not tie that to the case of Mr. Davis."

    On the possibility of swapping Davis with a doctor held in the US, Crowley said: "As we explained yesterday (Thursday), there are court proceedings that are continuing. We look forward to a March 14 High Court hearing."

    "We continue to work with the Government of Pakistan and hope to resolve this as quickly as we can," the US State Department website quoted Crowley as saying.

    Davis shot dead two men on a Lahore street Jan 27, saying he thought they were trying to rob him. A speeding car coming to the rescue of Davis ended up killing a motorcyclist as well.

    The killings and Davis's arrest led to a major diplomatic row between the US and Pakistan. Washington insists that Davis is a diplomat and should be released.

    But there is widespread anger in Pakistan against Davis. He has been charged with murder and is in a Lahore prison.(IANS)

    http://www.topnews.in/usa/us-asks-pa...s-safety-28161

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    Court refuses to rule on U.S. prison



    In the crisis between Washington and Islamabad, a Pakistani arrested in American is still no solution in sight.

    The Supreme Court in the East Pakistan provincial capital Lahore denied on Monday a decision on whether the U.S. citizen, Raymond Davis of Washington as specified enjoy diplomatic immunity. The Chief Justice Chaudhry Ijaz referred the controversial case to the district court that a murder charge against Davis to decide on it. Davis had two Pakistanis shot dead in Lahore in January end.

    The district court in Lahore on Friday will first discussions about the case come together. According to the U.S. government should Davis be released immediately. Washington criticized the detention of a diplomat, Pakistan is contrary to international law. Islamists claim, however, the execution of the American, the police accused of murder. In Pakistan, it is assumed that Davis, a private U.S. security company working for.

    The Deputy Attorney General of Pakistan, Naveed Inayat Warraich told the Supreme Court on Monday, the Foreign Ministry had not taken any decision on whether Davis enjoy diplomatic immunity. The district court had in the past week deciding on a murder charge against Davis moved one to Supreme Court to await the.

    Now the ball is back in the field of the local court - regarding diplomatic immunity and a murder charge against Davis, but the Supreme Court in Lahore which would be contested. Should the Americans be condemned for murder, he faces the death penalty under Pakistani law.

    The government in Islamabad is under great public pressure not to release Davis. Should he be allowed to leave, threatening serious protests. On the other hand, Pakistan is funding the U.S. needs. Barack Obama personally called to release Davis. Pakistan Should not the meet, threatens sustainable damage relations with the U.S..

    http://www.allvoices.com/contributed...e-on-us-prison

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    Pakistan court indicts Raymond Davis for double murder

    Raymond Davis, a US official arrested after gunning down two men in Lahore, was finally indicted on Wednesday by a Pakistani court, a media report said.

    The sessions judge court charged Davis on two counts of murder at a hearing held at the Kot Lakhpat jail in Lahore, Geo News reported.

    According to a report on Monday, the Lahore high court dismissed petitions claiming diplomatic immunity for Davis after the foreign ministry admitted that they have no record of his diplomatic status.

    If convicted, Davis could face a death penalty.

    Davis, 36, shot dead two Pakistanis on a motorcycle in Lahore on Jan 27 following what he described as an attempted armed robbery. He claimed that he acted in self-defence.

    The Raymond Davis affair has strained ties between the US and Pakistan. The US says Davis has diplomatic immunity and should be repatriated. But Pakistan has maintained that the case is in court and it will be decided as per the law of the land.

    http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/w...ow/7718500.cms

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    A CIA contractor held by Pakistani authorities was acquitted of two counts of murder Wednesday after blood money was paid to the families of the two men he shot dead. The verdict brings an end to a diplomatic row between the US and Pakistan that began after the contractor's arrest in late January, but could lead to further unrest here.

    Protests by religious parties broke out in Lahore near the US consulate Wednesday evening as 200 protesters, angered by the verdict to free Raymond Davis, burned tires and scuffled with police.

    “This was not a case of personal enmity resulting in murder – it’s an act of terrorism of an American citizen and blood money [should] not [have been] applicable,” says Yahya Mujahid, a spokesman for Islamic charity Jamat-ud-Dawa, which experts believe is a front organization for Laskhar-e-Taiba, the militant organization Davis was apparently observing in reconnaissance missions.

    The Pakistani government, by contrast, had hoped to save face in public by allowing the courts to decide on the politically sensitive issue. "The Raymond Davis issue was decided under Pakistani laws in a Pakistani court," said President Asif Al Zardairi's spokesperson Farhnaz Ispahani in a tweet shortly after the verdict.

    http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-...on-blood-money

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