Friday, February 11, 2011

US threatens Pak of dire consequences if Davis not freed by Friday: report

US threatens Pak of dire consequences if Davis not freed by Friday: report


Posted By Agencies On 11/02/2011 (1:09 PM) In Uncategorized




Washington:The US  delivered a threat to Pakistan that it must release double-murder accused US diplomat Raymond Davis by Friday or face the consequences, US media reported on Friday.

Two Pakistani officials involved in negotiations about Davis said that Donilon summoned Pakistan's Ambassador to the US, Husain Haqqani, to the White House

Donilon told him that the US will kick Haqqani out of the country, close US consulates in Pakistan and cancel Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's upcoming visit to Washington if the detained US embassy employee is not released from custody by Friday, the officials added.A senior US official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, confirmed the outlines of the threat.

It is to mention here that a Pakistani judge on Friday (today) have sent Raymond Davis to 14-day judicial remand while a Pakistan police officer during a press conference has said that the US national did not shoot two youths in self-defence.

The police in its incomplete challan have contended that the accused brutally killed the youths.

Pakistan's Ambassador to US Husain Haqqani on twitter, a social website,  has denied being given any threat by the US officials.

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