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KARACHI - The United States has finally resorted to punitive measures against Pakistan after Islamabad's failure to comply with Washington's covert and overt but pressing demand for the release of Raymond Davis, accused of killing two Pakistani youths in Lahore. The revelation came after the US House of Representatives recently nodded to a Republicans-backed resolution calling for the suspension of economic aid to Pakistan as it was not complying with Washington's demand for the

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

KARACHI - Malik Munsaf Awan, the lawyer who volunteered to represent Muhammad Faheem's family in court in the case against US citizen Raymond Davis, is allegedly pressuring the family into 'becoming pawns' for rightwing elements, sources close to the family told Pakistan Today on Monday.
Awan, who refused to comment on the issue, is associated with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), and had come to Faheem's family to volunteer to represent them pro bono. Soon after, however, he started

LAHORE - The Lahore High Court chief justice on Monday directed federal and provincial government to submit a reply on an application against 'extra facilities' being given to double murder accused US citizen Raymond Allen Davis at Kot Lakhpat jail.
Barrister Javed Iqbal Jaffrey filed this application regarding accused Raymond, requesting a withdrawal of all facilities.
He alleged that the accused was enjoying facility of cellular phone, internet, and extraordinary tight

ISLAMABAD - The Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have warned the government of dire consequences in case Raymond Davis was released without fulfilling legal requirements; however, the two parties differ on a possible out-of-court settlement.
The JI, which fears an 'illegal' out-of-court settlement, has changed its posture on the issue, demanding the government book the US national under the Anti-Terrorism Act in order to make the offence non-compoundable

PESHAWAR - Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Thursday said corrupt rulers of the country would be ousted as had been witnessed in Tunisia and Egypt. Addressing Insaf Students Federation (ISF), Peshawar chapter youth convention, at Shahi Tehmas Ground, he warned, "Our leaders are helpless before the US, but if they try to release Raymond Davis, they will not escape from the anger of the masses.
Thousands of ISF activists hailing from different public and

ISLAMABAD - The United States has halted drone attacks on militants along Pakistan's western border in a development analysts believe is linked to the attempts to secure the release of a jailed US consular employee. After months of frequent strikes from unmanned US aircraft on militant hideouts in tribal areas, reports of covert strikes have gone quiet for over three weeks.
Many analysts believe Washington has stopped the attacks to avoid further inflaming anti-American fury in

ISLAMABAD - Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani and his corps commanders on Wednesday took up several important issues during the 136th Corps Commanders' Conference, including the recent Munich Conference that Gen Kayani attended and the issue of American national Raymond Davis, charged with killing of two Pakistanis in Lahore.
Expressing its satisfaction over the state of operational preparedness of the army during the conference held at the General Headquarters, the top

ISLAMABAD - After an open threat by the US congressmen to suspend aid to Pakistan, the US has warned it would shut down its consulates except the embassy in Islamabad if the Pakistani government failed to release detained American citizen, Raymond Davis.
Davis was arrested in Lahore on January 27 after he shot dead two Pakistanis claiming they were trying to rob him.
A diplomatic source revealed to Pakistan Today that the US had warned Pakistan that it could reduce its

ISLAMABAD - The contentious issue of Raymond Davis, a US citizen currently detained in Lahore for killing two Pakistanis, caused uproar in the Foreign Office (FO) on Thursday when spokesman Abdul Basit declined to answer queries on the vital matter leading to a walkout by the reporters and an abrupt end to the ministry's weekly briefing.
Reporters anxious to dig out information and know the exact stance of the Foreign Ministry on the status of Davis, who is dubbed as diplomat by

LAHORE - Family members of the three men, who were killed by Raymond Davis, along with hundreds of activists of Insaf Students Federation (ISF) on Thursday rallied against Davis and demanded that he should be charged under terrorist offences. The protesters threatened the federal and provincial governments for a mass movement if their demands were not fulfilled.
The protesters rallied from Qartaba Chowk Mozang to Shimla Hill, a few yards away from the American Consulate building.

LAHORE - "There is huge difference between Raymond Davis and Dr Aafia Saddique's case as Aafia was not a terrorist while Raymond Davis is", said the families of three young men who died after an American national Raymond Davis opened straight fires in broad daylight couple of days ago.
Raymond Davis should be charged under terrorist sections, the families further demanded while talking to media men during a joint press briefing held at Qartaba Chowk on Wednesday. Dozens of

LAHORE - American Raymond Davis is not cooperating with Investigators said Superintendent of Police Civil Lines (Operations) while talking to media during a press briefing on Monday. He said Lahore Police has added an illegal weapons (13/20/65) section in the murder case registered in Lytton Road Police Station against Raymond Davis for killing two young men (Faizan Haider and Faheem).
He said Raymond Davis has failed to provide the license or permission letter for carrying Glock