Pak Govt to Tell Court Davis Doesn't Enjoy Blanket Immunity: Sources

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Source: Sify News

The Pakistan Government will inform the Lahore High Court on Monday that double murder-accused US official Raymond Davis does not possess blanket immunity, sources have said.

The LHC will resume its hearing on Monday on petitions against the possible handover of Davis to US authorities after a break of three weeks sought by the government to file a reply.

After an initial analysis of the Vienna Convention, the law of the land and international law practices relating to diplomatic immunity, the Pakistan People's Party-led federal government has taken the legal position that Davis lacks blanket criminal diplomatic immunity, well-placed sources told The Nation.

"Raymond Davis has no diplomatic visa, therefore, the US' claim of criminal immunity is invalid," the sources said, adding that Davis has no diplomatic card as per the Blue Book (protocol manual) of Pakistan's Foreign Office.

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1. You cannot be a contractor and have Diplomatic immunity

No Blackwater or whatever the fugg X employee/contractor has immunity. Raymond Davis is a criminal and must be treated as such.
Time for the US government to clean up its act in foreign countries. You cannot have these loose canons killing citizens in their own countries and then expect immunity.