Islamabad: The Pakistani Taliban warned the government on Tuesday that it would strictly resist any move to release an alleged United States diplomat accused of murdering two Pakistanis in a case that has already intensified ties between both the countries.
Spokesman for the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (Taliban movement of Pakistan) Azam Tariq said, “If (Pakistani) rulers hand Davis over to America then we will target these rulers. If Pakistani courts cannot punish him then they should hand him over to us.”
“We will give exemplary punishment to the killer Davis.”
The warning from the al-Qaeda linked Taliban underscores the charged atmosphere surrounding Davis’ case.
“Of course he (Davis) should not be released. He has committed a crime and he should be punished. He doesn’t have immunity,” said Yahya Mujhaid, a spokesman for Jamaat-ud-Dawa, which was blacklisted by the UN over its links to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group.
“If he is released, we will register our protest but in a peaceful way. We will hold rallies … Not only us, the whole of Pakistan will protest against any such move.”
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