The law minister in Punjab province said prosecutors would go to court Friday to demand a murder trial for a US official in a case that has inflamed relations with Washington.

LAHORE: The law minister in Punjab province said prosecutors would go to court Friday to demand a murder trial for a US official in a case that has inflamed relations with Washington.
On January 27, Raymond Davis confessed to shooting dead two Pakistani men in self-defence in broad daylight on the streets of Lahore.
A third Pakistani was run over and killed by a US consular vehicle coming to collect Davis, who was instead taken into Pakistani police custody.

Washington has demanded Davis’ immediate release, saying he acted in self-defence and has diplomatic immunity.
An eight-day police remand expires on Friday, when the judge is expected to decide whether Davis should be transferred from police custody to judicial remand in prison, a precursor to a trial.
Rana Sanaullah, law minister in Punjab, said the prosecution would seek murder charges against him on Friday.
“Investigators will complete their job tonight and tomorrow we will frame murder charges against him,” Sanaullah told AFP.
“Another case of carrying unlicensed weapons would also be taken up against him.”
A spokeswoman for the US embassy said the detained American would have legal counsel at the court appearance on Friday.
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