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US insists Davis case has not harmed Pakistan ties
Feb 17th
Crowley denies Davis case was reason for postponement of trilateral talks between Afghanistan, Pakistan and the US.
LHC to hear Davis case via video-link
Feb 17th
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) though video-link will open a hearing on Thursday to decide if a US official accused of killing two Pakistanis has diplomatic immunity, in a case that has frayed ties between the wary allies.
LHC had given the foreign m…
US urges Pak to follow intl obligations
Feb 17th
WASHINGTON: US has asserted that courts in Pakistan have no jurisdiction over Raymond Davis, who is accused of killing two persons in Lahore, and he needs to be released immediately as he has diplomatic immunity under the Vienna Convention.
“We believ…
John Kerry calls on Zardari, Gilani
Feb 16th
ISLAMABAD: Chairman of the United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee Senator John Kerry called on President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and Finance Minister Abdul Hafeez Shaikh separately and discussed with them the issue…
Kerry to meet Nawaz today
Feb 16th
ISLAMABAD: Senator John Kerry chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee will meet today with PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif today over Raymond Davis issue, an American newspaper reported.
Kerry meets Qureshi
Feb 16th
ISLAMABAD: Senator John Kerry, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee met today here with former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Geo News reported.
Lahore shooting: Obama weighs in on spat
Feb 16th
Obama urges Pakistan to release Raymond Davis; Senator Kerry promises criminal investigation by US Justice Department.
Kerry tries to smooth Davis row
Feb 16th
LAHORE: US senator John Kerry voiced regret Tuesday for the killings of two Pakistanis by an American embassy official as he visited Lahore to resolve a bitter diplomatic row over the man''s fate.
Kerry reiterated Washington''s sta…
Kerry travels to Pakistan to reaffirm ties
Feb 16th
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: An influential American lawmaker left Monday night for a visit to Pakistan to try to repair relations strained in the wake of the arrest of a US embassy worker, who fatally shot two Pakistanis, a US newspaper reported.
According t…
Kerry apologises over Raymond Davis killings
Feb 16th
US senator tells press conference “we are deeply, deeply sorry for that tragic incident”.
