LAHORE (Pakistan) - A PAKISTANI judge on Tuesday blocked any move to hand over to US authorities an American government employee, under investigation for double murder, and put his name on the exit control list.
Visiting US congressmen on Monday asked President Asif Ali Zardari to free Raymond Davis, who was arrested after killing two Pakistani motorcyclists in broad daylight in Lahore in what the American said was an act of self-defence.
But a lawyer petitioned the Lahore high court to block any move to hand Davis over to the United States, filing a petition under public interest laws.
'I am restraining him (from being handed over to US authorities). Whether he has or does not have (diplomatic) immunity will be decided by the court,' ruled Lahore high court chief justice Ijaz Ahmed Chaudhry on Tuesday.
'An order is issued to put his name on the ECL (exit control list). The case is adjourned for 15 days.' -- AFP
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