A senior US diplomat will have to face trial either in Pakistan or in his home country, after he was involved in a fatal road accident that killed a motorcyclist, media reports said. The Foreign Office can also declare the diplomat persona non-grata and ask him to leave the country, they said. An arrested diplomat has to show his immunity card to the police, who will relay the matter to the Foreign Office. After receiving the same, the Foreign Office then has to intimate the interior ministry, which will tell the police to let the concerned diplomat go. The US diplomat was let go without following this procedure and that the police claims they received verbal confirmation from the Foreign Office.

Source: Hindustan Times April 11, 2018 10:41 UTC