ISLAMABAD – An American attempt to bring back its diplomat involved in the killing of a youth in Islamabad after Pakistan barred Col Joseph Emanuel Hall from leaving the country.
A special plane, C-130, reached Noor Khan Airbase on Saturday to take along the accused diplomat, local media earlier reported, adding that the US embassy had handed over the passport of the official to Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) immigration.
The US representatives waited for four hours at the Pakistani airbase but the FIA officials did not allow Hall to leave the country as his name was put on the blacklist by the Ministry of Interior. Later, the C-130 returned to Afghanistan without the ‘killer’ diplomat.
Earlier, Raymond Davis- the CIA contractor who was arrested after murdering two Pakistani men in Lahore – was allowed to go back after settling the murder case using the Sharia law.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/raymond-davis-discloses-complete-episode-of-his-release-in-explosive-memoir/
On April 7, US Defence and Air Attaché Col Joseph Emanuel Hall ran a red light at Daman-i-Koh Chowk and hit a motorcycle. Consequently, two riders of the bike suffered injuries and one of them, 22-year-old Ateeq Baig, succumbed to his injuries.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/pakistan/pakistani-dies-after-us-consulate-vehicle-hits-bike-in-islamabad/
Col Hall had escaped arrest because of diplomatic immunity but a first information report (FIR) regarding the incident was registered with Kohsar Police Station.
On April 24, the interior ministry had informed the court that in order to restrict the movement of Col Hall, his name had been placed on the blacklist of the directorate of immigration.
https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/motorcyclists-killing-pakistan-puts-us-diplomat-on-blacklist/
US Embassy Official Arrested
In a recent development over the case, one of Joseph’s security officials, Syed Taimoor was also arrested on the orders of AIG Islamabad Asmatullah Junejo.
The Kohsar police arrested Syed Taimoor Iqbal from the parking area of the district and sessions court Islamabad as he had allegedly threatened and assaulted the police officials besides assisting a US diplomat, escape from police custody after a fatal traffic accident.
According to the FIR lodged after the incident, Iqbal misbehaved with police after the accident and attacked Abdul Sattar, the Station House Officer who became a complainant and stated that US embassy official tried to resist police from shifting the car and its driver to the station.
The staffer was presented in Judicial Magistrate’s court last week and was ordered to sign a surety bond worth Rs. 50,000 to get bail.
