15,000 people yesterday took to the streets of Lahore many demanding the hanging of a United States diplomat.
A Consular employee appeared before a Lahore court last week, after being charged with the murder of two Pakistani men. The judge order that the man be detained in prison for 6 days until a full inquiry into the incident can be carried out by Police.
While the Pakistani government named the employee detained was Raymond Davis, the US State Department have stated that this information is incorrect.
On January 29, the United States stated that the detaining of the employee was illegal, and demanded the release of the official as he had claimed diplomatic immunity. In response thousands of Pakistanis took to the streets.
From documents it appears that the American had withdrawn money from an ATM in the capital of Pakistan, Lahore. As he drove away two men on a motorbike, both armed with pistols, attempted to block the car.
In self defense the American shot both men, a third, innocent bystander was also killed after another consular vehicle attempted to intervene.
The Pakistani Government is caught in an impossible balancing act between placating Islamist groups against the interests of the United States.
Yet it appears that the government have no intention of releasing the American after Interior Minister Rehman Malik, told parliament that "I will never abet a criminal."
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