Pakistan to try CIA spy in prison in view of security concerns

by hussain | February 21, 2011 at 11:46 pm
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The CIA operative, who is currently jailed in Pakistan for killing two men in broad daylight in downtown Lahore on January 27, will be tried inside the prison because of the security concerns.

LAHORE: A court in Lahore, allowing the conducting of US national Raymond Davis’s trial inside jail premises, issued a notice for February 25, DawnNews reported.
The Punjab government on Monday filed a request to hold Davis’ trial in jail premises because of security concerns and keeping in view the sensitive nature of this double murder case.
Subsequently, Additional District and Sessions Judge Yousaf Ojla accepted the provincial government’s request.
Moreover, the court directed that the upcoming hearing of February 25 will be held in the Kot Lakhpat prison.
Currently, Raymond Davis is being held on judicial remand in Kot Lakhpat prison for the murder of two Pakistani nationals.
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US has already issued a veiled threat with regard to security of the CIA operative facing trial in Pakistan on charge of double murder.

WASHINGTON: For the very first time, a top US official has Monday dazed the world, confirming that the US double murder suspect, Raymond Davis, serves for CIA, an American secret agency. “Raymond Davis was a CIA agent in Pakistan. The culprit was living along another five CIA agents in a house in Lahore till the day of his arrest.”, reported Geo News citing a US newspaper. 
Citing a top US official in President Obama cabinet, a US newspaper has reported that Raymond Davis was serving in Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) being an ‘agent’ deployed in Lahore, Pakistan.
Davis shared accommodation with another five contractors of an American intelligence agency CIA and was spying for US in Lahore, the official claimed.
According to report, the US official, ascertaining the actual status of Raymond Davis in Pakistan, feared too, that revelation of such sensitive information could be tantamount to creating a grave rift between Pakistan and US relations and said the affects would be lasting and formidable.
Also, the unknown US official admitted that setting Raymond free, given the prevailing ablaze situation in Pakistan, would be second to impossible, as any of such attempts must swell the anger in Pakistan.
Meanwhile, US State Department has, yet another time, urged on Pakistan for immediate release of Davis. “US is worried for Raymond – being detained and tried in Pakistan. Our government has maintained contacts with Pakistan in this connection,” State Department spokesman Philip. J. Crowley told reporters.
Pakistan government is only responsible for safety of Raymond Davis, he added.

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