Islamabad: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that the government would accept the court orders regarding Raymond Davis who killed two youths in Lahore last month and claimed that the deceased were trying to rod him.Speaking at a gathering in connection with Eid-Milad-un Nabi on Wednesday he said that how come the government would succumb to pressures as it did not surrender in 22 days.
Gilani said that the Davis’s case could only be decided by the heirs, people or the courts.
“The government has never asked the Foreign Ministry to write any summery on the issue and the Foreign Secretary has spelt out the government position and it is now for courts to interpret these things,” the Prime Minister told Ulema and Mashaikh, who gathered here from across the country.
The Prime Minister said, “Had the government bowed before any pressure the US President Obama would have no need to come on television asking for Davis’ immunity.”
He said that a murder had been committed and the Ulema should tell the solution. Either the heirs should give a pardon or ask about ‘Qisas’ or the court should decide, he said and added, “We don’t have any role.” “We are facing difficult decisions.
There is a political price. If we take it then the people do not support and if we don’t do it the world does not support,” the Prime Minister said.
“We are just caught between the devil and the deep sea. This needs wisdom. We will do whatever is in the interest of the country and the nation,” Gilani said.
The Prime Minister said that the government would not do any thing that harms national interest, adding, “Davis also has a lawyer, he will present his case and then the court will decide whether he has immunity or not”.
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