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Clinton
'forced' Qureshi to grant immunity to Davis
Sunday February 13, 2011 11:17:28 AM,
IANS
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Islamabad: Pakistan's
former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had pressurised him to verify
the diplomatic immunity to Raymond Davis arrested for gunning down
two men in Lahore.
"Hillary Clinton called me and wanted me to publicly confirm
diplomatic immunity of Davis. However, I refused to do so because
it was against the factual position in the case," Qureshi was
quoted as saying by Dunya News Saturday night.
"US envoy in Pakistan, Cameron Munter also called in the first
week of Feb and demanded confirmation of diplomatic immunity to
Davis," Qureshi said, adding that "the said request was also
denied".
"Munter threatened that Hillary Clinton would not meet me at the
Munich security conference Feb 6, if the request was not granted,"
Qureshi recalled.
According to the channel, Qureshi told the US ambassador that "the
issue in any case is now in court and the diplomatic immunity
status will also be decided by the court".
The diplomatic immunity to Davis and his possible handing-over to
the US have been challenged in Lahore High Court and the hearing
of case is underway.
Davis was arrested Jan 27 for gunning down two Pakistanis. He
claimed that he acted in self-defence as the two armed men wanted
to rob him. A court in Pakistan Friday sent him to jail on a
14-day judicial remand.
Qureshi, who was dropped from the federal cabinet, also visited
the foreign office for a farewell Saturday afternoon. Earlier, he
called on President Asif Ali Zardari to apprise him of the
situation regarding the Pakistan-US ties and the Davis case.
Zardari requested him to return to the cabinet, but he declined.
Qureshi made it clear that no portfolio other than foreign
ministry was acceptable to him, the channel reported.
Qureshi's name was in the list of ministers supposed to take oath
Friday after the cabinet was dissolved earlier this week to prune
it. However, he refused to take oath at the last minute when he
was offered water and power ministry instead of foreign affairs,
the report said.
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