It was observed in the Parliament that all Parliamentary parties are on the same page as far as the issue of US official Raymond Davis is concerned. Pakistan people's Party (PPP) categorically stated that the US gunman's fate will be decided by the court. President Asif Ali Zaradri on Monday turned down the demand of US congressmen to hand over American national Raymand Davis who killed two people in Lahore.
In Tuesday's session of the National Assembly Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Qamar Zaman Kaira assured the House that the federal government would not accept any foreign pressure and let move the investigation process transparently. By moving another step forward, the Minister gave assurance to the members of Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) that the Federal government will support and provide assistance to Punjab government in the inquiry of this incident.
On this issue, we are with Punjab government to follow and implement on law. We should not politicise the issue and let the court to decide, he made it clear. Earlier, Khawaja Saeed Rafiq of PML-N highlighted the issue by expressing concern over hiding the real name of US official. We must clearly tell the US government that if it could not release Dr Aafia Siddiqui, its court can decide and give sentence to her then our court will decide about Davis," he categorically stated.
In this regard, Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif clearly stated Punjab government would not succumb to any national or international pressure. Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) joined hands with the government on the issue and its members Dr Attiya Inayatullah supported the views of other members. Similar was the position of all political parties in the Upper House of the Parliament. PPP, PML-Q, ANP, Jamaat-i-Islami, JUI-F and other small parties were on the same page in US official Raymond Davis case.
Senator Mian Raza Rabbani of PPP opposed double standard in Pakistan and urged all the members of Senate that a strong message should be given to the international community on the issue. The law should be equal for our citizen and foreigner, he said. We will not give any kind of immunity, he made it clear.
Professor Khurshid Ahmed of JI told the House that foreign media is painting this incident wrongly and termed Raymond Davis as an employee of a private company. He urged the members that the parliament would not accept any pressure. ANP expressed the same view and wanted to implement the law of the land without any pressure in US national case.
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