ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities have assured US Senator John Kerry that American consular employee Raymond Davis, who is facing double murder charges, will not be tried on espionage charges,
Senator Kerry, who had spearheaded the $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan in the US Congress, had a whirlwind tour of Pakistan on Tuesday to discuss the Davis issue.
This is notwithstanding the fact that Davis has admitted during the course of investigation that he was involved in spying in Pakistan. Sources say that the police have a recorded a confessional statement made by Davis.
Sources told The Express Tribune that Senator Kerry was also assured that Islamabad would not demand the custody of the three US nationals, who were in the vehicle which had crushed to death another Pakistani and are now believed to be hiding in the US consulate-general in Lahore.
They were in a Prado jeep trying to rescue Davis after he allegedly shot dead two young motorcyclists in a busy marketplace of Lahore on January 27.
The Punjab police and intelligence officials, however, claim that they have strong evidence suggesting that the three men are also high-profile spies like Davis.
The evidence was provided by Davis in his confessional statement during investigation, a senior police official told The Express Tribune, requesting anonymity. We have concluded that a gang of American spies is active in Punjab and other parts of the country, he added.
The official said that besides Daviss confessional statement we have every reason to believe that the three absconding persons were his collaborators.
They must be involved in spying like Davis. If this was not the case why did they flee the crime scene in panic, the official said. In their panic, they had crushed to death a motorcyclist under their SUV while fleeing the scene.
The official questioned why nobody was demanding diplomatic immunity for the three men, if they were members of the US mission in Pakistan. This criminal silence on the part of the Americans shows there is something fishy, the official said.
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Senator Kerry, who had spearheaded the $7.5 billion aid package for Pakistan in the US Congress, had a whirlwind tour of Pakistan on Tuesday to discuss the Davis issue.
This is notwithstanding the fact that Davis has admitted during the course of investigation that he was involved in spying in Pakistan. Sources say that the police have a recorded a confessional statement made by Davis.
Sources told The Express Tribune that Senator Kerry was also assured that Islamabad would not demand the custody of the three US nationals, who were in the vehicle which had crushed to death another Pakistani and are now believed to be hiding in the US consulate-general in Lahore.
They were in a Prado jeep trying to rescue Davis after he allegedly shot dead two young motorcyclists in a busy marketplace of Lahore on January 27.
The Punjab police and intelligence officials, however, claim that they have strong evidence suggesting that the three men are also high-profile spies like Davis.
The evidence was provided by Davis in his confessional statement during investigation, a senior police official told The Express Tribune, requesting anonymity. We have concluded that a gang of American spies is active in Punjab and other parts of the country, he added.
The official said that besides Daviss confessional statement we have every reason to believe that the three absconding persons were his collaborators.
They must be involved in spying like Davis. If this was not the case why did they flee the crime scene in panic, the official said. In their panic, they had crushed to death a motorcyclist under their SUV while fleeing the scene.
The official questioned why nobody was demanding diplomatic immunity for the three men, if they were members of the US mission in Pakistan. This criminal silence on the part of the Americans shows there is something fishy, the official said.
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