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US
official firing case: Widow of victim attempts suicide
Sunday February 06, 2011 08:28:29 PM,
IANS
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Islamabad: The widow of
a Pakistani, who was one of two people shot dead by US official
Raymond Davis in Lahore, attempted suicide Sunday, seeking justice
for her husband.
Shumaila, widow of Muhammad Faheem, has been shifted to a hospital
in Faisalabad district in Punjab province, Express TV reported,
adding that her "condition is out of danger".
Davis was arrested after he shot dead two people riding on a
motorbike at a busy intersection in Lahore, the capital of Punjab
province, Jan 27. He has been under investigation since then and
has claimed that he acted in self-defence.
He has claimed that the two alleged assailants wanted to rob him.
The US embassy in Islamabad has demanded diplomatic immunity,
which has so far been denied by the government.
"I suspect that the authorities are trying to bail out Raymond
Davis and I can't tolerate this," Shumaila is reported to have
told her family members before taking poisonous pills, the report
said.
She has demanded that Davis be hanged to death at the same
cross-section where he killed her husband, the channel said.
She has also demanded justice from Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz
Sharif.
Federal and Punjab governments have shown enough resilience to
make it clear that Davis will be tried under the local laws
despite considerable pressure by the US administration seeking his
release on diplomatic grounds.
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