Tag: Immunity

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Former Supreme Court Bar Association president and PPP leader Barrister Aitzaz Ahsan on Monday said President Asif Ali Zardari enjoyed complete immunity in criminal...

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Former information minister and Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Secretary Information Qamar Zaman Kaira said that one should avoid debates on the issue of the...

Following SC’s Thursday hearing in contempt of court charges against the PM, legal experts were left divided over whether the president enjoyed immunity under...

Senior PPP leader Aitzaz Ahsan has said that President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari has complete immunity as president. “There is no harm in...

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On the question of constitutional immunity to President Asif Ali Zardari, the Supreme Court made it clear on Thursday that immunity to anyone did...

Legal and constitutional experts are divided on whether the president enjoys immunity against criminal proceedings as the “memogate” landed in the Supreme Court and...

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Monday dismissed four petitions challenging the immunity status of Raymond Davis, observing that the trial court had started hearing the case and the same court would decide on the immunity for the US national, who is accused of killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore. During Monday's proceedings at the LHC, it transpired from the mood of the LHC chief justice that the fate of Davis would be decided by the trial court of Additional District and

LAHORE - Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Yousaf Aoujla on Thursday dismissed an application filed by Raymond Davis that claimed he enjoyed diplomatic immunity and could not be tried in Pakistan.
While dismissing the application, the court said Davis could not produce any document issued by the government which could prove his stance. As per details, the judge continued the hearing against Davis at Kot Lakhpat Jail on Thursday.
Earlier, Syed Zahid Bukhari

LAHORE - An expert who previously worked in a key US State Department diplomatic affairs position was questioning the Obama administration's claim that Raymond Davis, the American currently imprisoned in Pakistan after killing two men, had diplomatic immunity, news website Salon.com reported.
The website said that Ron Mlotek, who was a specialist in diplomatic law, had served for 25 years as legal counsel at the State Department Office of Foreign Missions, which regulates foreign

LONDON - Britain has revoked the diplomatic immunity of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi and members of his family, Foreign Secretary William Hague said Sunday. He was speaking after the UN Security Council unanimously ordered a travel and assets ban on Gaddafi's regime and a probe into potential crimes against humanity during the attempted crackdown on the revolt against his rule.
Hague also called on Gaddafi to stand down, saying it was the "best hope" for Libya. "We have here a

ISLAMABAD - Fuelling speculation that the government might certify that Raymond Davis was entitled to diplomatic immunity, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar on Friday told the National Assembly that 2,570 foreigners including diplomats and non-diplomats working at embassies and consulates of 78 countries in Pakistan were entitled to diplomatic immunity, adding that among them was one non-diplomat at Lahore consulate of the United States.
In a written reply

WASHINGTON - The White House has demanded Raymond Davis's immediate release, reiterating that he had diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention. It said the Obama administration remained focused on the release of Davis, who was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot and killed two Pakistanis he claimed were trying to rob him.
"We believe that the principle that every country in the world that participates in the Vienna Convention on diplomatic relations has a

WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD/LAHORE - The US on Tuesday again demanded the release of Raymond Davis, saying he was a diplomat and enjoyed immunity. Addressing the media, a US State Department spokesman repeated the country's demand for Davis' release, saying US Ambassador Cameron Munter had again met Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar to press for Raymond Davis' release.
Earlier in the day, Hina Rabbani told reporters that Pakistan was considering to seek