Ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said that Foreign Ministry officials had already briefed him about immunity status of USZ national Raymond Davis, so govt’s plea in the court for an extra time of three weeks was beyond understanding. “When the Ministry officials have given me a clear-cut briefing on the issue, then what this time limit stands for? It leaves a question mark”, he said. In an interview with a private TV channel on Friday, Qureshi said that he was not interested in becoming a stakeholder in the case, “but I do know that there is a petition filed asking the court to make me a party, and if they (the court judges) asked me to appear, I’ll stand by the truth I know”.
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Pakistan ex-Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi |
Commenting on PPP’s Core Committee meeting in which Qureshi was not invited, he said that he had done nothing against the party policy rather he had stated party viewpoint. He ruled out the impression that Foreign Ministry mishandled the Raymond Davis case, rather, “I briefed my leadership about the case and put forth a fact based viewpoint in this regard”. To a query, he said that he had not come with a formula or solution in his meeting with US Senator John Kerry some days back. However, he emphasised that there should be a solution to the issue but it must be respected and according to the law.
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