Reuters: Pakistan bars U.S. diplomat from leaving amid tense relations: media
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani authorities have barred a U.S. diplomat involved in a fatal traffic accident from leaving the country, forcing an American military aircraft flown in for his departure to leave without him, local media reported on Saturday.
The move came a day after Pakistan said it would restrict the movements of all American diplomats in the country in response to Washington’s similar restrictions on Pakistani embassy diplomats.
A spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Islamabad declined to comment on the media reports, and a U.S. State Department spokesperson in Washington would neither confirm nor deny them.
“For the privacy and security of those involved, we cannot disclose the diplomat’s current location,” the State Department spokesperson said.
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WNU Editor: These type of incidents are always difficult to resolve .... and usually no one is satisfied. In this case the U.S. is not lifting Col Joseph Emanuel Hall diplomatic immunity .... therefore the options that Pakistan now have are limited. My prediction .... this U.S. diplomat will be permitted to leave the country in the coming days.
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There are many motorcycle drivers who driving sucks in the U.S> and elsewhere.
ReplyDeleteThe motorcycle driver died. That fact does not at all establish who was at fault.
If the Pakistani driver was weaving in & out of traffic, I think the odds are high that it would be his fault.