Davis Immunity: ‘Summon Qureshi in court’

Petitioner argues that Shah Mahmood Qureshi in his statement revealed that immunity for Davis had been sought.

LAHORE: An application, praying that former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi be summoned for recording evidence that he was pressured by the government to give diplomatic immunity to Raymond Davis,has been filed in the Lahore High Court.

The CIA contractor gunned down two Pakistani citizens and was released after paying blood money. The petitioner said Qureshi resigned as foreign minister and claimed that he had refused to bow down to government pressure.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 17^th, 2011.