![]() These attacks were interrupted for several weeks after Davis's arrest before resuming on March 18, 2011, in a strike at Datta Khel. Some media outlets have suggested, according to anonymous sources, that data retrieved from Davis's phones and GPS device indicated that he had been to Islamabad, Lahore, Peshawar and some areas in the tribal belt of the country that have been the subject of U.S. ![]() He stated that the ISI would investigate the possibility that the encounter on the streets of Lahore stemmed from a meeting or from threats to Davis. Īn unnamed official with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) stated that Davis had contacts in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas along the Afghanistan–Pakistan border and knew both of the men that he had shot. According to The Telegraph, he was the acting CIA Station Chief in Pakistan. officials revealed Davis was a contractor for the CIA after it was reported in The Guardian. The aftermath of the shooting led to widespread protests in Pakistan demanding action against Davis. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry stated that "this matter is sub judice in a court of law and the legal process should be respected." Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi stated that, according to official records and experts in the Foreign Office, Davis was "not a diplomat and cannot be given blanket diplomatic immunity" Qureshi's stand on the issue allegedly led to him losing the Foreign Affairs ministerial post. Barack Obama, then- President of the United States, asked Pakistan not to prosecute Davis and recognize him as a diplomat, stating, "There's a broader principle at stake that I think we have to uphold." Pakistani officials disputed the claim of immunity from a murder charge, asserting that Davis was involved in clandestine operations, and questioned the scope of his activities in Pakistan. The United States claimed that Davis was protected under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and demanded he be released from custody immediately. government's assertion that Davis was protected under the principle of diplomatic immunity due to his role as an "administrative and technical official" attached to the American consulate in Lahore. A major focus of the incident was the U.S. The incident led to a diplomatic furor and deterioration in Pakistan–United States relations. ![]() Judges then acquitted him on all charges, and Davis immediately left Pakistan. On March 16, 2011, Davis was released after the families of the two killed men were paid US$2.4 million in diyya (a form of blood money compensation in Islamic law). However, he was jailed and criminally charged by Pakistani authorities with two counts of murder and the illegal possession of a firearm. government contended that Davis was protected by diplomatic immunity because of his employment with the American consulate in Lahore. In the aftermath of the incident, the U.S. Immediately after the shooting, a car coming to aid Davis killed a third Pakistani man, Ibadur Rahman, in a hit and run while speeding on the wrong side of the road. On January 27, 2011, Davis shot two men in the back, killing both, in Lahore, Pakistan. Raymond Allen Davis is a former United States Army soldier, private security firm employee, and contractor with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
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