Raymond Davis pardon documents

Pakistani media reported that the two families suspiciously “went missing” several days before the hearing, with some having been seen taken away by unidentified men. They were delivered, also by unidentified men, to the court the day of the hearing, where each was asked by the judge if they pardoned Davis, and if they had received the blood money required under the country’s Sharia Law. Each reportedly applied affirmatively to both questions.

The Express Tribune has stated that lawyers for the two families claim both families’ members were “forcibly taken to Kot Lahkpat Jail by unidentified men and made to sign papers pardoning Davis.”

The 19 have subsequently vanished, leading to charges that they may well have been compelled to accept a deal, and have subsequently left the country, fearing retaliation from groups that were demanding that Davis face trial for murder.

The lawyers for the family, who disclosed the size of the payment, say they too were held captive before the trial. “I and my associate were kept in forced detention for hours,” said the attorney for the family of one of the slain men, Faizan Haider.Recommend

Please schedule an interview with both the families so that we can know the truthRecommend

Obviously the family will say they were coerced.

But if they are in a safer place now I am sure they will speak up in due course.Recommend

The family of the 2 persons killed will never be found to be interviewed. They are barred from it by ISI. Have you seen Kasav’s family since the agencies took them away ? Have you seen the family of 9 other Pakistanis attackers of the Mumbai 26/11 attack ? They certainly too had fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters too They are all under protection of ISI barred from talking to the media and hidden in some dark placeRecommend

Thanks to Ramon Davis, all these people got rich beyond their wildest dreams. Hopefully some of that money is spent to properly educate the family kids, so we do not get more of these normal brainwashed broilers.Recommend

What did people of pakistan expect in reality? they had the mandate and elected these people to govern them! They have very short memory in regards to character of the most of the elected members of the present regime! they are renowened for corruption on collosal scale in past and yet they are in office!!!
Any one with any IQ already knew, the outcome of this saga! that Daviis was going to released in due course, with or without the victims family’s approval !
so sad that this once beautiful land of pure has infact turned into contaminated cesspool, and silent majority, tolerates the crazy mullahs, politicians and army, who propogates to their own agendas, while the country goes in to freefall towards non existance.!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the government plays fiddle while the country goes in freefall, and perhaps taliban will get chance to rule with army’s approval, alas the liberals would be routed and running for their lives, but in which direction? India! perhaps, definately not Afghanistan nor Iran! for sureRecommend

Raymond’s Daddy !! ………….. just love that name ! HA HA …………….. this is going to provide us real entertainment for quite some time ! …………….. When East Pakistan fell we lost half the country ……… when Raymond Davis slipped away he very nearly took some more of it !!!! …………. we don’t weep over the loss of half our country – we may laugh now, if we may !Recommend

Zardari must Resign.

Kiyani must Resign.

Gilani must Resign.

No to PPP.

Pakistan Zindabad.Recommend

The debate on the release on Raymond Davis is motivated by the rightist political parties to make out a capital of an otherwise legal relief provided in our laws when the the amendment in the penal provisions relating to offenses against body was made in the PPC on the insistence of these rightist parties which privatized the murder as a crime against individual and not against State and the same can be be bargained between the parties.
It was really a consternation to me when Ameer of Jamat-e-Islami gave the statement that the the murder committed by Raymond Davis was an offense against the State, then what jibe he has to say that 60 people have been killed in one week in Karachi and the same right wing leaders get the murders released in scant cases if they apprehended on the basis of the law of Qisas and Diyat.
The layer community in Punjab who are demonstrating and calling a strike against the decision are either politically motivated or ignorant of the law who are calling upon to invoke Section 311 of the PPC are not well conversant to the Explanation appended to the Section and in any case it is attracted to the case of Raymond Davis case. If it is an emotional outburst then I will urge my learned Lawyer colleagues to establish the offense and not to make a political mileage out of it as he also deserves the justice which our law provide and if our law has provided a reprieve then its my legal right to avail the same.
But the factum remains to be determined through investigation how the consent was obtained becomes irrelevant if the heirs have submitted the affidavits and given the statement to the effect that the compromise has been made without any coercion. I fail to understand as to why this issue of coercion is being raised in the presence of the explicit statement of the heirs conceding the agreement made.
Now it is high time that these Ulema should proceed with a mission that the Murder should be made a crime against State so that a person should not be exonerated on the basis of Diyat or Qisas.
Allama or Molvis plz join me in my mission and ensure that no murder goes unpunished but dont make a political capital out of it, the Court and the accused acted in accordance with law, so lets get together to change the law and dont let any Wadera to pressurize a Hari to sign a Compromise Document under his pressurize. which is a known fact.Recommend

Why wasn’t the media let in the court room? Name third party witnesses to it ?
Why was the lawyer of victim’s families never warned that he was fired ? Sharia is for Muslims not for rejectors of Islam. Did Rayond Davis convert to Islam ? When ?Recommend

Shariat Law = Law Law
First, what is this arabification of Pakistani languages?
When our newspapers cut-and-paste from international news agencies, it is hard to figure what their point of view is…and spellings ae screwed up.
In our country it is Shariat…that is the ‘t’ is not silent…unless you are a damn mullah or dubai return.

Saying Shariat Law sounds redundant to me.
Dhobi’s kuttaa’s can’t speak or write proper English, nor they know correct Urdu.
Why do we need so many english newspapers in Pakistan where most people can’t write any langauge???? haa’n?Recommend

Davis was released based on Islamic Sharia Law by the independant Pakistani judiciary. All Islamic Laws were followed.

All those protesting now must be deemed as protesting against Sharia, hence are insulting Islam and hence must be booked under Blasphemy Laws..Recommend

@Molvi
Sharia is for muslims not rejectors of islam? Where did you get that?
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Sharia applies to muslim minorities living in muslim lands.Recommend

@MUHAMMAD KAUKAB:
Totally agree!

All I can add is it serves the Ghairat Brigade nation right! You continually punish the innocent with your draconian laws that allow rapists, murderers and thugs to silence their accusers with coerced payoffs for justice…what Islam refers to as “diyat” is pathetic and injustice and used against victims all the time. Now it’s back on your own heads!! Time to eat grass AND suffer shame at the same time!Recommend

All I can say is it serves the Ghairat Brigade nation right! You continually punish the innocent with your draconian laws that allow rapists, murderers and thugs to silence their accusers with coerced payoffs for justice…what Islam refers to as “diyat” is pathetic and injustice and used against victims all the time. Now it’s back on your own heads!! Time to eat grass AND suffer shame at the same time!Recommend

every one iz talking about faizan n faheem what about the 3rd guy who is hitten by the car…???????what about his family????????Recommend

The Raymond Davis issue has finally been settled. After the families of the two victims pardoned Davis and settled the issue by accepting blood money. Each family was paid Rs 100 millions in compensation. Davis left the country the same day. The case was settled as per Pakistan’s Qisas and Diyat laws, which are ostensibly shariah laws. Qisas allows retaliation/retribution while Diyat allows the heirs of the victim to grant pardon to the accused in return for blood money. It is ironic to see that the same Islamists and right-wing forces who wanted Davis hanged are now twisting themselves in knots over the court’s verdict that was as per the same shariah laws they have been advocating for decades. Since they cannot object to the judgement in the Raymond Davis case because of the Islamic element in it, they have now resorted to their tired old mantra of ‘ghairat’ (honour).Recommend

It is a wakeup call for all Pakistanis. We have to rise beyond Party Politics and think of Pakistan. Those responsible for this National shame must never be re-elected. If we do not realize what our responsibility is, we should not complain.

Wake up my Country men, or remain asleep for ever.Recommend

those who had allowded davis to pak are more resoponsible than davisRecommend

@Ali Khan: seems like a retard person.
america said that they donot give money to anyone. Still you said bloodmoney is fulfilled. ???Recommend