LAHORE - Lahore High Court on last Friday remanded Raymond Davis, accused of killing two Pakistanis, in custody until February 25; he has been remanded in custody since his arrest following the incident on January 27. The court will start hearing on Thursday to decide if Raymond Davis holds diplomatic immunity.
Foreign Ministry of Pakistan and US legal counsel are supposed to make representations to the chief justice at 0900 am (0400GMT) before legal challenges are made by legal experts who have filed private petitions questioning Davis' status and aimed at stopping him from leaving the country.
The judge can substantiate or decline the US claim of diplomatic immunity, or can postpone the hearing to get more time to decide.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi, Ex-foreign minister, has said Davis does not have full diplomatic status, on the other hand the ministry in a statement Wednesday denied media assumption that it had already confirmed the US citizen's right of immunity.
U.S. Senator John Kerry who heads the Senate Foreign Relations Committee arrived in Lahore on Tuesday, expressed deep grief over the two killings.
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